Can humans sense the Earth's magnetism?
For migratory birds and sea turtles, the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field is crucial to navigating the long-distance voyages these animals undertake during migration. Humans, however, are widely assumed not to ...
Medical research
Jun 21, 2011 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
18
|
After 55 years, surgery restores sight
After being hit in the eye by a stone, a detached retina left a man blind in his right eye. Despite surgery to remove a cataract when the man was 23, which temporarily restored light perception, the patient was completely ...
Other
Jun 17, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Retina holds the key to better vision in deaf people
People who are deaf benefit from better vision due to the fact their retinas develop differently, experts at the University of Sheffield have shown.
Medical research
Jun 01, 2011 |
not rated yet |
2
|
On the cutting edge of laser eye surgery
Hindsight, unlike many people's vision, is always 20/20. Laser eye surgery has become so common, it's easy to forget that just three decades ago a promising new treatment was greeted with skepticism and even fear.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 01, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
New molecular pathway regulating angiogenesis may fight retinal disease, cancers
Scientists identify in the journal Nature a new molecular pathway used to suppress blood vessel branching in the developing retina – a finding with potential therapeutic value for fighting diseases of the retina and a ...
Medical research
May 29, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Scientists trick the brain into Barbie-doll size
(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine shrinking to the size of a doll in your sleep. When you wake up, will you perceive yourself as tiny or the world as being populated by giants? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 25, 2011 |
4 / 5 (1) |
6
|
Queen's scientists teaming up to cure premature baby blindness
Scientists from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University Belfast are teaming up to develop a cure to an illness that can lead to blindness in premature babies, thanks to funding from ...
Ophthalmology
May 17, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Research identifies risk factors associated with progression of glaucoma
Elevated pressure inside the eye, cornea thinning, and visual field loss are all markers that glaucoma may progress, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 09, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Why the eye is better than a camera at capturing contrast and faint detail simultaneously
The human eye long ago solved a problem common to both digital and film cameras: how to get good contrast in an image while also capturing faint detail.
Medical research
May 03, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
1
|
Gene therapy shows promise against age-related macular degeneration
A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2011 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Optogenetic technology restores visual behavior in mice, holds promise for treating human blindness
There are more than 1 million blind people in the U.S., and about 100,000 of those lost their sight due to retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that destroys light-sensitive cells in the retina.
Medical research
Apr 20, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Algae may be the solution to blindness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The song about three blind mice may just be a song of the past according to new research presented by neuroscientist Alan Horsager from the Institute of Genetic Medicine at the University of Southern California ...
Medical research
Apr 15, 2011 |
4.6 / 5 (8) |
1
|
Pig stem cell transplants: The key to future research into retina treatment
A team of American and Chinese scientists studying the role of stem cells in repairing damaged retina tissue have found that pigs represent an effective proxy species to research treatments for humans. The study, published ...
Medical research
Apr 13, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Vision loss slowed by encapsulated cell therapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of a severe form of age-related macular degeneration called geographic atrophy (GA) has become the first study to show the benefit of a therapy to ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 07, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
|
