News tagged with degenerative eye diseases


Bionic eye maker has vision of the future

Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, ...

Medical research created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Research finds protein that prevents light-induced retinal degeneration

Research led by Minghao Jin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has found a protein that protects retinal photoreceptor ...

Neuroscience created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineering a photo-switch for nerve cells in the eye and brain

(Medical Xpress)—Chemists and vision scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have designed a light-sensitive molecule that can stimulate a neural response in cells of the retina and brain—a ...

Medical research created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover elusive gene that causes Leber congenital amaurosis

Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division and their collaborators have isolated an elusive human gene that causes ...

Genetics created Jul 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Routine glaucoma screening program may benefit middle-age African-American patients

Implementing a routine national glaucoma screening program for middle-age African American patients may be clinically effective; however its potential effect on reducing visual impairment and blindness may be modest, according ...

Ophthalmology created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ophthalmologists develop device for monitoring degenerative eye disease

An ophthalmologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center has helped create a convenient device that lets patients who have a degenerative eye disease better track vision changes.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0