Additional Genes Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Identified
A large genetic study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has identified three new genes associated with this blinding eye disease-two involved in the cholesterol pathway. Results of this large-scale collaborative study, supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, were published online April 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - April 12, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NEI Mourns Arnall Patz
Arnall Patz, M.D., renowned vision researcher and emeritus professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University, died of heart disease on Thursday, March 11. He was 89. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - March 22, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Statement from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, during World Glaucoma Week, March 7-13, 2010
Glaucoma is one of the world's leading causes of vision loss and blindness. Vision organizations around the globe highlight this disease as a research and public health priority during World Glaucoma Week. The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, takes this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to supporting research that will identify risk factors for the condition and develop treatments to preserve the sense of sight. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - March 3, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NEI 2009 Summer Intern an Intel Science Talent Search Finalist
Yifan Li, a senior at Blair Montgomery High School in Silver Spring, MD, is one of forty finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search this year. His eight-week project while a summer intern with Dr. Lijin Dong in NEI's Genetic Engineering Facility caught the eye of judges from the Society for Science and the Public, who run the competition for high school seniors with sponsorship from Intel Corporation. Yifan will present his work during a weeklong conference in March in Washington, D.C., and will compete for up to $100,000 in awards. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - February 24, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Focus on Glaucoma--NEI 40th Anniversary Symposium
The symposium "Focus on Glaucoma" is open to the wide scientific community interested in glaucoma and nerve degeneration/ regeneration, within and outside the NIH. The talks will cover research on: control of axon growth by retinal ganglion cells and the mechanisms of neurodegeneration; genetics defects that predispose to inherited glaucoma and computational methods supporting this research; - translational medicine for glaucoma and clinical trials. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - February 10, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Eye on NEI
Eye On NEI: Top 5 Stories for 2009 (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - December 9, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Book recounts history of the NEI
Carl Kupfer, M.D., and Edward McManus have been a team since 1973-Kupfer's third year as the first director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and McManus's first year as NEI executive officer. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - October 15, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
SCORE Study Results
Retinal vein occlusion is a condition in which a blood clot slows or stops circulation in a vein within the eye's light-sensitive retinal tissue. If this condition occurs in a large vein, it is known as central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). If it occurs in a smaller vein, the condition is known as branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - September 14, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Recognition and thanks to M. Velma Dobson Long time NEI Grantee
The NEI recently presented an award to Dr. Velma Dobson for her outstanding contributions to the field of infant and child vision research and for her distinguished service to the NEI. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - August 14, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Gene Therapy One Year Later: Patients Healthy and Maintain Early Visual Improvement
Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an August online report in Human Gene Therapy. One patient also noticed a visual improvement that helped her perform daily tasks, which scientists describe in an Aug. 13 letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - August 14, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
National Advisory Eye Council Welcomes Four New Members
The National Advisory Eye Council for the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces the appointment of four new members: Joseph A. Bonanno, O.D., Ph.D.; James Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.; Col. Donald A. Gagliano, M.D.; and Alberta L. Orr, M.S.W. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - August 3, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Statement by Dr. Paul A. Sieving, National Eye Institute Director, on the Nomination of Dr. Francis Collins to the Position of NIH Director
I am pleased that President Obama has chosen to nominate Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to be the next NIH director. As a clinician-scientist with medical genetics expertise, Dr. Collins possesses a keen understanding of the need for science, policy and public health to align to improve lives of people affected by inherited diseases, including those related to vision. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - July 14, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Eye on NEI
The National Eye Institute's online news magazine. July 2009 (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - July 6, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Highlights Source Type: news
Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers!
The NIH is providing opportunities for funding to grantee institutions to support summer research experiences for students and teachers across the country. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - June 8, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
World Glaucoma Day 2009
On the second annual World Glaucoma Day, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins with groups around the globe to recognize this blinding visual condition as a scientific research priority and a public health concern. We at NEI reaffirm our commitment to support research that will identify glaucoma risk factors and lead to treatments that will prevent vision loss and blindness. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - March 6, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
