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Ear-witness precision: Congenitally blind people have more accurate memories, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Bath have found that people who are congenitally blind have more accurate memories than those who are sighted.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers show that lipid nanoparticles are ideal for delivering genes and drugs

Researchers from Basque Public University are using nanotechnology to develop new formulations that can be applied to drugs and gene therapy. Specifically, they are using nanoparticles to design systems for ...

Genetics created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blind brain receives 'visual' cues to identify shape

A significant number of blind humans, not unlike bats and dolphins, can localize silent objects in their environment simply by making clicking sounds with their mouth and listening to the returning echoes. Some of these individuals ...

Neuroscience created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Kidney disease mutations found in a genomic blind spot

(Medical Xpress)—Advances in DNA sequencing technology during the past decade have given scientists powerful tools to peer into the genomes of humans and other species. Despite the efficiency and sophistication ...

Genetics created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New cells found that could help save people's sight

Eye experts and scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered specific cells in the eye which could lead to a new procedure to treat and cure blinding eye conditions.

Ophthalmology created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First gene therapy to go on sale in Europe in 2013

Dutch biotech company uniQure said Monday it would start selling the first human gene therapy to be approved in the West by mid-2013 and predicted an explosion of similar therapies to come.

Genetics created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cells improve visual function in blind mice

An experimental treatment for blindness, developed from a patient's skin cells, improved the vision of blind mice in a study conducted by Columbia ophthalmologists and stem cell researchers.

Medical research created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Exome sequencing gives cheaper, faster diagnosis in heterogeneous disease

Nuremberg, Germany: The first report of the diagnostic use of the technique of exome sequencing, where short sequences of DNA are analysed, shows that it can give good results at low cost, a researcher from The Netherlands ...

Genetics created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sloppy shipping of human retina leads researchers to discover new treatment path for eye disease

Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. ...

Ophthalmology created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research represents major breakthrough in macular degeneration

University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made a major breakthrough in the "dry" form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). GA is an untreatable condition that ...

Medical research created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vision improves modestly in patients after human embryonic stem cells transplants

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute and colleagues who successfully transplanted specialized retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells into the eyes of two legally ...

Medical research created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers probe genetic link to blindness

University of Leeds researchers have used next-generation DNA sequencing techniques to discover what causes a rare form of inherited eye disorders, including cataracts and glaucoma, in young children.

Ophthalmology created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Giant hogweed can cause burns and blindness

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S Department of Agriculture is warning residents in a variety of states to be on the lookout for the Heracleum Mantegazzianum, or giant hogweed. This plant in native to Central Asia ...

Ophthalmology created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New study: Cheap, common drug could dramatically reduce malaria transmission in Africa

A cheap, common heartworm medication that is already being used to fight other parasites in Africa could also dramatically interrupt transmission of malaria, potentially providing an inexpensive tool to fight a disease that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cause of hereditary blindness discovered

Initially the occurrence of progressive retinal degeneration - progressive retinal atrophy, in man called retinitis pigmentosa - had been identified in Schapendoes dogs. Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common hereditary ...

Ophthalmology created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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