Newer cornea transplant surgery shows short- and long-term promise
February 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Jessica Studeny
jessica.studeny@case.edu
216-368-4692
Case Western Reserve University Read more
More evidence on benefits of high blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye disease
February 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.
New evidence that green tea may help fight glaucoma and other eye diseases
February 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
Scientists have confirmed that the healthful substances found in green tea renowned for their powerful antioxidant and disease-fighting properties do penetrate into tissues of the eye. Their new report, the first documenting how the lens, retina, and other eye tissues absorb these substances, raises the possibility that green tea may protect against glaucoma and other common eye diseases. It appears in ACS’s bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
New gene discovery could help to prevent blindness
February 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Hannah Isom
h.isom@leeds.ac.uk
44-011-334-34031
University of Leeds
Scientists have uncovered a new gene that could help save the sight of patients with a type of inherited blindness.
To restore vision, implant preps and seeds a damaged eye
January 25, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kevin Mayhood
kevin.mayhood@case.edu
216-368-4442
Case Western Reserve University
Researchers trying to restore vision damaged by disease have found promise in a tiny implant that sows seeds of new cells in the eye.
Artificial muscles restore ability to blink, save eyesight
January 17, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: David Ong
david.ong@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
916-734-9049
University of California - Davis - Health System
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) Surgeons from UC Davis Medical Center have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink, a development that could benefit the thousands of people each year who no longer are able to close their eyelids due to combat-related injuries, stroke, nerve injury or facial surgery.
Researchers find new insights into inherited retinal disease
January 16, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Debra Kain
ddkain@ucsd.edu
619-543-6163
University of California - San Diego
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered new links between a common form of inherited blindness affecting children and a gene known as Abelson helper integration site-1 (AHI1). Their findings, which may lead to new therapies and improved diagnostics for retinal disease, will appear online in advance of publication in the journal Nature Genetics on January 17.
Discovery of a new molecular mechanism that guides visual nerves towards the brain
Contact: Olivier Lagueux
olivier.lagueux@ircm.qc.ca
514-987-5555
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal
The laboratory of Dr. Frdric Charron, in Montreal, made this discovery
More evidence on benefits of high blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye disease
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.
New research findings may help stop age-related macular degeneration at the molecular level
January 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Angela Hopp
ahopp@asbmb.org
301-634-7389
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Read more



