Retinal cells may have the potential to protect themselves from diabetic retinopathy
Philadelphia, November 29, 2022 – About one third of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) develop diabetic retinopathy (DR), a leading ...
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URI neuroscientist receives $10.3 million grant for research on retinal scanning to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s
KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 26, 2022 – Jessica Alber, assistant professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the George & ...
New UCI-led report illustrates potential of precision genome editing in treating inherited retinal diseases
Irvine, CA - September 23, 2022 - In a new paper, University of California, Irvine researchers explain how precision genome ...
Nanoscope® as multi-institutional team secured top two of three awards in the final phase of the National Eye Institute’s Retinal Organoid Challenge
Arlington, TX, September 20, 2022—Researchers at the University of Colorado led by Valeria Canto-Soler and those from Nanoscope® led by ...
Tiny gene fragments revealed as crucial new players in retinal development and vision
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona reveal that Srrm3 is a master regulator gene crucial for ...
NIH researchers decode retinal circuits for circadian rhythm, pupillary light response
The eye’s light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision ...
A novel therapy using unique thermogel prevents retinal scarring
SINGAPORE – Singapore scientists have developed a bio-functional thermogel, a type of synthetic polymer, to prevent retinal scarring caused by ...
New retinal examination can predict a heart attack
Vienna, Austria: Combining information about the pattern of blood vessels in the retina with genetic data can enable accurate prediction ...
Retinal cell map could advance precise therapies for blinding diseases
Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is vital to human visual ...
New UCI-led study lays foundation for establishing base editing as a one-time, durable treatment for inherited retinal degeneration
Irvine, CA – April 5, 2022 – A new University of California, Irvine-led study indicates base editing may provide long-lasting ...
NIH study classifies vision loss and retinal changes in Stargardt disease
National Eye Institute researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can ...
Modular super-enhancer controls retinal development
Enhancers are regions of DNA that do not code for proteins, but control how genes are expressed. Super-enhancers are clusters ...
WVU receives NIH funding to dissect the mechanism of retinal degeneration
Inherited retinal degeneration can make even the most mundane tasks—like cooking, driving and walking down the sidewalk—difficult or impossible, and ...
LSU Health contributes to research suggesting late-onset retinal degeneration mechanism and potential Rx
New Orleans, LA -- A study led by the National Eye Institute (NEI) that included five researchers from the Bazan ...
NIH study traces molecular link from gene to late-onset retinal degeneration
Scientists have discovered that gene therapy and the diabetes drug metformin may be potential treatments for late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD), ...
HyVIS: Hybrid synapses to treat retinal dystrophies
Genoa (Italy), 3 December 2021 - HyVIS, the European project coordinated by the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests