News tagged with retinal detachment
First in New York: Bionic technology aims to give sight to woman blinded beginning at age 13
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del ...
New approaches make retinal detachment highly treatable
Nov 26, 2008 |
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Retinal detachment, a condition that afflicts about 10,000 Americans each year, puts an individual at risk for vision loss or blindness. In a new study in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophtha ...
New device finds early signs of eye disease in preemies
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Tell-tale signs of a condition that can blind premature babies are being seen for the first time using a new handheld device in a study at Duke University Medical Center.
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Anti-HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 23, 2008 |
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A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Inserm U848, France, as a result of their work in a mouse ...
Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye problem that - if untreated - could lead to blindness, a new study shows.
High blood pressure, high cholesterol may be associated with retinal vascular disease
May 12, 2008 |
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High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
A key mechanism regulating neural stem cell development is uncovered
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Oct 08, 2008 |
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A research team at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), funded by the Foundation Fighting Blindness – Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), discovered a novel mechanism that regulates ...
Researchers describe protease inhibitor that may aid in diabetic retinopathy treatment
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, announced today that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed ...
Drug for urination difficulties linked with complications after cataract surgery
May 19, 2009 |
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Use of the medication tamsulosin to treat male urination difficulties within two weeks of cataract surgery is associated with an increased risk of serious postoperative ophthalmic adverse events such as retinal detachment ...
Retinal rescue: Cells derived from human embryonic stem cells reverse retinal degeneration
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A new study reports that transplanted pigment-containing visual cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) successfully preserved structure and function of the specialized light-sensitive lining of the eye (known ...
Retina transplants show promise in patients with retinal degeneration
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Preliminary research shows encouraging results with transplantation of retinal cells in patients with blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a report in the ...
Researcher identifies eye disease in canines
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Sinisa Grozdanic, assistant professor of veterinary medicine at Iowa State University, has identified and named an eye disease not previously known. The disease, Immune-Mediated Retinopathy, or IMR, causes loss of function ...
Too much of a good thing: Excessive DNA repair can lead to retinal degeneration
Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A naturally occurring DNA repair system that normally protects cells from damage can cause retinal degeneration and blindness when overstimulated, according to a new study by MIT researchers.
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