From Outer Space to the Eye Clinic: New Cataract Early Detection Technique--Patients and Astronauts Benefit from NEI-NASA Collaboration
A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - January 8, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
National Eye Health Education Program Names New Planning Committee Chair
Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) Planning Committee. Dr. Coleman, who is professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology/Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, also serves as director of the Center for Eye Epidemiology at UCLAs Jules Stein Eye Institute. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - December 15, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Neuroscience and the National Eye Institute: Vision Research Presentations at Neuroscience 2008
Researchers supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as researchers working on-site at NEI will present recent advances in vision science at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Topics will include stem cells, visual processing and vision's role in decision making. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 13, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
NEI Releases Complete Data from Age-Related Eye Disease Study
The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the release of more than 10 years of data collected during the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which looked at the progression of age-related macular degeneration and age-related cataract in 4,757 adults aged 55 to 80. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - November 10, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
More Effective Treatment Identified for Common Childhood Vision Disorder
Scientists have found a more effective treatment for a common childhood eye muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency (CI). For words on a page to appear in focus a childs eyes must turn inward, or converge. In CI, the eyes do not converge easily, and as a result, additional muscular effort must be used to make the eyes turn in. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - October 14, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Promising Results in Phase 1 Gene Therapy Trial for Blinding Disease
Three young adults with an inherited form of blindness showed evidence of improved day and night vision following a specialized gene transfer procedure in a phase 1 clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health. In addition no adverse effects from the therapy were reported. These findings are reported online in the Sept. 22 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in the Sept. 7 issue of Human Gene Therapy. These new reports extend the findings of two other papers published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - September 23, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results of Gene Transfer for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Reported
Three young adults with Leber Congenital Amaurosis-a severe degenerative disease of the retina caused by a mutation in the RPE65 gene-reported improvements in vision after undergoing a specialized gene transfer procedure. (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - September 11, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
Older Treatment May Be More Effective in Preserving Sight for Some Patients with Diabetes New Drug Treatment Not as Successful and had More Side Effects than Laser Treatment
A promising new drug therapy used to treat abnormal swelling in the eye-a condition called diabetic macular edema-proved less effective than traditional laser treatments in a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (Source: News from NEI)
Source: News from NEI - August 27, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news
