Ophthalmology

What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association of home confinement during the COVID-19 outbreak with myopia (nearsightedness) development in school-age children in China. Authors: Xuehan Qian, M.D., Ph.D., of Tianjin…

Credit: Su, Xinyi Retinal cells derived from adult human eye stem cells survived when transplanted into the eyes of monkeys, an important early step in the validation of this approach for treating blindness, according to a study by…

Screening of inFlammation to enable personalized Medicine (SciFiMed) Over the next four years, the international research project SciFiMed aims to develop a biosensor to help better characterise inflammatory reactions in the body. This…

Credit: Thomas Johnson and Johns Hopkins Medicine In experiments in mouse tissues and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that removing a membrane that lines the back of the eye may improve the success…

In a study in mice and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that they have developed a tiny, yet effective method for preventing premature birth. The vaginally-delivered treatment contains nanosized (billionth of a meter)…

International Ukraine Genetic Diversity Project finds a quarter of the genetic variation in Europe, dramatically increasing information on population diversity and medical genetic variationCredit: Oakland University Today, the…

Study shows that how we perceive our orientation affects our perception of self-motion TORONTO, January 7, 2021- What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to…

What The Study Did: To adapt to broader public health initiatives around COVID-19, researchers developed a drive-through intraocular pressure (IOP) screening clinic to minimize COVID-19 exposure for patients and clinicians by measuring…

Scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, have shown that a novel low molecular weight dextran-sulphate, ILB® could play a key role in treating open angle glaucoma (OAG), a neurodegenerative disease that affects over 70 million…

Although some artificial intelligence software tested reasonably well, only one met the performance of human screeners, researchers found. Diabetes continues to be the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults in the United…

The article by Dr. Humberto Carreras and colleagues is published in The Open Ophthalmology Journal, 2020 As the recently published article in the journal Open Ophthalmology Journal shows, there are significant differences among the…

Credit: Glenn Yiu and Koen Van Rompay, UC Davis While the SARS-CoV-2 virus has dominated the news this past year, researchers continue to study the health effects of the Zika virus, which has been reported in 86 countries globally.…

Credit: Novai/UCL/Western Eye Hospital A pioneering new eye test, developed by scientists at UCL in collaboration with the Western Eye Hospital, London, may predict wet AMD, a leading cause of severe sight loss, three years before…

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have published a study showing a promising approach to using drug repurposing to treat genetic diseases.Credit: University of Illinois Chicago Researchers at the University of…

Credit: Richard Krauzlis, Ph.D., National Eye Institute Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) report that a brain region in the superior temporal sulcus (fSTS) is crucial for processing and making decisions about visual…

What The Case Report Says: A case of COVID-19 with severe ocular neuropathy and panuveitis (inflammation) is reported in this article. Authors: Jean Marc Perone, M.D., of  Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital Center, Lorraine University,…

The group will develop artificial blood to provide cells with oxygen and nutrients, kick-starting the activity of nerve cells and restoring total eye functionCredit: Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) An international consortium…

Program aims to develop a patient-reported outcome tool that measures health-related quality of life before and after minimally invasive glaucoma surgery San Francisco, CA -- December 16, 2020 -- Verana Health, a healthcare technology…

The Outstanding Achievement Prize highlights the contributions of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Gustavo D. Aguirre and the Perelman School of Medicine's Jean Bennett and Albert M. Maguire toward a gene therapy for a form of blindness.…

In the search for new ways to treat the incurable eye disease glaucoma, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and St. Erik Eye Hospital in Sweden have discovered more clues as to its pathogenesis. A new study shows how metabolic…