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'Dark cells' of living retina imaged for the first time

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A layer of "dark cells" in the retina that is responsible for maintaining the health of the light-sensing cells in our eyes has been imaged in a living retina for the first time.





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Nearly 5 million Americans have dry eyes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2007 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Nearly 5 million people in the United States are affected by Dry Eye Syndrome, a study released Friday said.


Fresh fossil evidence of eye forerunner uncovered

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Ancient armoured fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye, a scientist from The Australian National University says.


New treatment significantly slows progression of eye damage in persons with type 1 diabetes

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease. ...


Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics

Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 2

Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research ...


Researchers find signal that switches on eye development -- could lead to 'eye in a dish'

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created Oct 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Warwick have uncovered a crucial signal that switches on eye development. This discovery will greatly assist researchers looking at stem cells connected to eye development and opens up an ...


Color perception: Not in beholder's eye

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created Oct 26, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

University of Rochester scientists say the first images of living human retinas have shown color perception differs dramatically among people.


Visual impairment may be associated with higher suicide risk

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created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visual impairment may be associated with an increased risk of suicide through its indirect negative effect on health, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.


Gaza strip families give first clue to condition causing blindness and tooth decay

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists studying an inherited condition resulting in blindness and crumbling teeth have found a single defective gene can affect both eye function and normal tooth development.


India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks (AP)

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.


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Researchers publish MRI images of genes in action in the living brain

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created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Biologists have just confirmed what poets have known for centuries: eyes really are windows of the soul—or at least of the brain. In a new study published in the April 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, Harva ...



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