LSU Health research discovers potential new Rx target for AMD and Alzheimer’s
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director ...
Tag: Ophthalmology
Zooming into cilia sheds light into blinding diseases
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new study published today by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and UT Health's ...
Scientists discover skin keeps time independent of the brain
Skin expresses its own photoreceptors using a previously mysterious member of the opsin gene family, neuroposinCredit: Alice Gray Squids, octopuses, ...
Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure
Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods originally developed to stop ...
Antibody-based eye drops show promise for treating dry eye disease
Researchers identify new class therapy for common conditionCredit: Photo: Sandeep Jain, et al Researchers at the University of Illinois at ...
NSU professor’s research underpins World Health Organization first ever report on vision
Dr. Janet Leasher professor and optometrist Nova Southeastern University view more FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - More than 1 billion people ...
How nasty Toxoplasma parasite damages the human eye
An international study used human retinal cells to demonstrate how the Toxoplasma parasite creates a characteristic eye lesionCredit: Flinders University, ...
WVU researcher studies gene modulation to ‘bypass evolution,’ prevent blindness
Credit: West Virginia University Genes borrowed from a spider turned Peter Parker into Spiderman. If scientists can use archaea--tiny organisms ...
Mosquito eye inspires artificial compound lens (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Anyone who's tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a ...
Professor’s eyes are on the prize: A treatment to help others see better
Credit: Courtesy of Mason Engineering When Mason Engineering's Qi Wei sees people with vision troubles, she knows there is more ...
QUT researchers use AI to bring sharper focus to eye testing
Credit: QUT Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning techniques to develop a more ...
Scientists identify a possible new treatment for diabetic retinopathy
Findings reported in The American Journal of Pathology suggest that an enzymatic precursor may be toxic to retinal cells in ...
Miniaturizing medical imaging, sensing technology
High quality medical images produced using a microchip proves researcher's fabrication method can be used to miniaturize sensing, imaging and ...
Testing corneal cell quality? Apply physics
Kyoto scientists develop a physical biomarker for cornea restoration therapyCredit: Kyoto University/Tomo Narashima Our eyes -- the windows to the ...