The eyes have been called the window to the brain. It turns out they also serve as an immunological barrier that protects the organ from pathogens and even tumors, Yale researchers have found.
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Diabetes can lead to eye problems, and a common one is diabetic macular edema (DME), causing vision loss. A study published in Nature Medicine suggests a new experimental drug could someday help make treatment of DME more ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have evidence that an experimental drug may prevent or slow vision loss in people with diabetes. The results are from a study that used mouse as well as ...
May 25, 2023
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While early treatment of diabetes-related eye disease slowed progression to severe disease, it did not improve visual acuity compared with treating more severe disease once it developed, according to a clinical study from ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Clinical trial results from the DRCR Retina Network suggest that a specific step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular edema start with a less expensive medicine and switch to a more expensive medicine if vision ...
Jul 14, 2022
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A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has found that administration of a drug currently used to reduce cholesterol levels in the bloodstream can reduce the risk of developing proliferative diabetic retinopathy ...
In a recent study using mice, lab-grown human retinal cells and patient samples, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they found evidence of a new pathway that may contribute to degeneration of the light sensitive tissue ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Drug-eluting contact lenses, which gradually release drugs into the eye, offer a promising alternative to daily eye drops, which can be unpleasant and hard for patients to properly administer. In a 2016 preclinical study ...
Oct 2, 2019
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Delivery of corticosteroids directly into the eye is more effective than injections adjacent to the eye, according to results from a comparative clinical trial of macular edema in patients with noninfectious uveitis. The ...
Sep 27, 2018
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Surgical drainage of large macular cysts in a patient with Coats disease resulted in an immediate resolution of edema and a gradual resolution of lipid exudates over one year. However, visual recovery was limited due to the ...
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