Organic, printable device could restore sight to the blind
A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts like a retina and could one day restore sight to blind people.
May 17, 2021
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A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts like a retina and could one day restore sight to blind people.
May 17, 2021
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Using laboratory-grown roundworms as well as human and mouse eye tissue, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have identified a new potential mechanism for age-related macular degeneration—the leading ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which leads to a loss of central vision, is the most frequent cause of blindness in adults 50 years of age or older, affecting an estimated 196 million people worldwide. There is no ...
Mar 29, 2021
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A team led by scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) has noninvasively visualized the light-sensing cells in the back of the eye, known as photoreceptors, in greater detail than ever before. Published in Optica, the ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Visual sensation begins at the retina, which is the neural tissue located at the back of eyeballs. It has been known that the retina detects light using photoreceptors which are light-sensitive nerve cells.In case of retinal ...
Mar 9, 2021
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A number of new treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive eye disease, are under development. AMD is a leading cause of vision loss in older people.
Feb 22, 2021
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Scientists like the John A. Moran Eye Center's Paul S. Bernstein, MD, Ph.D., know a special class of lipids, or fatty acids, found in the retina of the eye and in just a few other parts of the body play an important role ...
Feb 4, 2021
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A protein that functions like the vintage video game Pac-Man, eating toxic cellular waste caused by high sugar intake, is itself compromised by a sugary diet, according to the results of a study in mice with potential implications ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Around 300 million people worldwide are visually impaired. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), involving deterioration of retinal photoreceptors-cells, are the leading causes of partial or ...
Dec 14, 2020
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"Wet" age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of irreversible vision loss in the elderly, and it occurs when abnormal and leaky blood vessels form in the retina, in part due to inflammation. ...
Dec 11, 2020
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