http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—For individuals with type 2 diabetes, incident cardiovascular outcomes are determined not only by the severity of diabetic retinopathy but also by its progression, according to research published online Dec. 13 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-retinopathy-severity-linked-cardiovascular-outcome.html Diabetes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:20:01 EST news278332366 Inherited retinal disease is a major cause of vision impairment in early life - and a researcher at The University of Western Australia hopes a study in which he was involved will contribute towards the development of a drug-based treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-inherited-retinal-disease-treatment.html Medical research Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:59:10 EST news276847139 On Friday September 28, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously voted 19-0 that the probable benefit of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System outweighs the risks to health, an important step toward the FDA market approval of this product manufactured by Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. In making this determination, the panel spent ten hours carefully reviewing and discussing data submitted from the international clinical trial of this innovative retinal implant that, for the first time ever, partially restores vision to patients who are blind due to Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-fda-sight-ii-retinal-prosthesis.html Ophthalmology Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:03:12 EST news268455784 Gene therapy strategies to prevent and treat inherited diseases of the retina that can cause blindness have progressed rapidly. Positive results in animal models of human retinal disease continue to emerge, as reported in several articles published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The articles are available free on the Human Gene Therapy website at http://www.liebertpub.com/hum. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-advances-inherited-retinal-diseases-highlighted.html Genetics Tue, 08 May 2012 12:51:42 EST news255700295 A newly developed, genetically modified pig may hold the keys to the development of improved treatments and possibly even a cure for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), the most common inherited retinal disease in the United States. The pig model was developed by researchers in the University of Louisville Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and at the National Swine Resource and Research Center at the University of Missouri. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-pig-debilitating-eye-disease.html Ophthalmology Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:54:05 EST news250440710 Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their other eye, the patients became better able to see in dim light, and two were able to navigate obstacles in low-light situations. No adverse effects occurred. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-gene-therapy-inherited-patients-eye.html Medical research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:01 EST news247919918 Members of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gene-therapy-retinitis-pigmentosa-dogs.html Genetics Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:12 EST news246550009 Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-ophthalmic-antibiotics-antimicrobial-resistance-intraocular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:31:06 EST news235063799 Disorders of the eye are excellent targets for gene therapy because the ocular environment is readily accessible, relatively easy to monitor, and sequestered from the rest of the body. A series of articles available online ahead of print in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., highlight several exciting developments in ocular gene therapy. The articles are available free online at www.liebertpub.com/hum http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-latest-advances-gene-therapy-ocular.html Genetics Mon, 09 May 2011 15:53:56 EST news224175194