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'Lazy eye' discovery of how an old gene learns new tricks

'Lazy eye' discovery of how an old gene learns new tricks

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have made a discovery which could lead the way for new treatments into a rare eye disorder which if not treated can result in permanent blindness in childhood.





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Blindsight: How brain sees what you do not see

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Blindsight is a phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is although they claim they cannot see it. A research team led by Prof. Tadashi Isa and Dr. Masatoshi ...


Paintballs can cause 'devastating' eye injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paintballs can cause severe and 'visually devastating' eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (www.A ...


Infantile esotropia linked to developmental delays

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches up” after corrective surgery, reports a study in the April Journal of AAPOS (American ...


Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old debate.


Light receptors in eye play key role in setting biological clock

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created Aug 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Biologists at the University of Virginia have discovered a switching mechanism in the eye that plays a key role in regulating the sleep/wake cycles in mammals.


The difference between eye cells is... sumo?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine have identified a key to eye development — a protein that regulates how the light-sensing nerve cells in the retina ...


Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) ...


Involuntary Maybe, But Certainly Not Random

Involuntary maybe, but certainly not random

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Our eyes are in constant motion. Even when we attempt to stare straight at a stationary target, our eyes jump and jiggle imperceptibly. Although these unconscious flicks, also known as microsaccades, had long ...


New finding in rare eye disease

New finding in rare eye disease

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created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have made a finding which could pave the way for new treatments for sufferers of a rare eye disease which can lead to blindness.


Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms — and improved vision — following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the ...



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