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Ophthalmology

Female sex hormones linked to faster progression of eye disease

Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Oncology & Cancer

New research uncovers link between cancer pathway and blood-retina barrier function

A University of Minnesota Medical School-led research team has discovered that a cancer signaling pathway has previously unrecognized roles in retina and brain blood vessels. The findings were recently published in Science ...

Medications

NRTI use linked to risk for primary open-angle glaucoma

Use of nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) is associated with an increased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to a study published online June 20 in Ophthalmology.

Neuroscience

Babies' poor vision may help organize visual brain pathways

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail, and another that's involved in spatial localization and ...