News tagged with human retina
Social scientist creates computer model to determine human perception of hues
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Variations in how people perceive colors and how those same colors appear on TV, computers and other media have confounded broadcasters, Web designers and printers trying to reproduce lifelike hues.
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Sight gone, but not necessarily lost? Researchers find life in blood-starved retinas
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Like all tissues in the body, the eye needs a healthy blood supply to function properly. Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to visual impairment or even blindness. While many of the molecules involved in guiding the ...
Retina cells grown from skin-derived stem cells
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells — suggesting ...
Cell death from cytomegalovirus may bring new life to treatment of retinal disease
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Just days after the first retinal cell gets infected with the common cytomegalovirus, contiguous cells start committing suicide and researchers believe their death may provide clues to better treatment of ...
Fish eyes could hold clue to repairing damaged retinas in humans
Jul 31, 2007 |
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A special type of cell found in the eye has been found to be very important in regenerating the retina in zebrafish and restoring vision even after extensive damage. Now, a UK team of scientists believe they may be able to ...
Mammals can be stimulated to regrow damaged inner retina nerve cells
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Nov 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have reported for the first time that mammals can be stimulated to regrow inner nerve cells in their damaged retinas. Located in the back of the eye, the retina's role in vision ...
Researchers discover mechanism that helps humans see in bright and low light
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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Ever wonder how your eyes adjust during a blackout? When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust. Vision scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
Rapid, high-resolution 3-D images of the retina
May 02, 2007 |
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In efforts that may improve diagnoses of many eye diseases, researchers will introduce a new type of laser for providing high-resolution 3-D images of the retina, the part of the eye that converts light to electrical signals ...
Circadian math: 1 plus 1 doesn't always equal 2
Jun 07, 2008 |
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Like a wristwatch that needs to be wound daily for accurate time-telling, the human circadian system — the biological cycles that repeat approximately every 24 hours — requires daily light exposure to the ...
Remodelling the eye - latest developments in preventing blindness
Jan 18, 2005 |
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At the Bristol Eye Hospital, in the South West of England, researchers from the University of Bristol have made an exciting discovery that could result in 'remodelling' cells in the eye. This could have a major impact on ...
Alzheimer's lesions found in the retina
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but new research indicates they also may mirror a brain ravaged by Alzheimer's disease.
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