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·September 28, 2016·2 min read

New Insight into Eye Disease

Researchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.

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·July 11, 2016·4 min read

Visual Activity Regenerates Neural Connections Between the Eye and Brain

A new study reports high contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons to regrow optic nerve fibers.

Diagram shows human retinal ganglion cells are shown at day 50.

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·December 1, 2015·4 min read

Growing Retinal Nerve Cells in a Lab

Researchers have developed a new method that efficiently turns human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells.

Image of optic nerve in a patient with glaucoma.

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·September 10, 2015·4 min read

Genetic Interaction May Be Key to Development and Progression of Glaucoma

Findings could offer a new target to treat glaucoma, a new study reports.

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·August 31, 2015·5 min read

Genetic Link to Nearsightedness in Children Who Spend a Lot of Time Reading

According to a new study, children with a variant of the APLP2 gene were up-to five times more likely to develop myopia if they spent more than an hour a day reading.

This image shows the routing of neural signals from the two eyes to the brain.

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·August 14, 2015·6 min read

Can Your Brain Control How it Loses Control?

New findings about glaucoma may have implications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

This image shows how saccade maps are constructed.

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·November 11, 2014·2 min read

Eye Diseases Identified by How We Watch TV

Glaucoma could be detected by mapping eye movements as people watch TV, a new study reports.

The image shows the impact of the drug on BACE.

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·December 6, 2013·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery: Looking Under the Right ROCK

Researchers have discovered a potential drug which can force BACE into different parts of a cell, reducing its ability to produce amyloid beta.

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·December 5, 2013·3 min read

A Simple Eye Test for Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers discover the pupils of MS patients respond much slower to stimuli. Additionally, the study reports the slower the response time, the worse the symptoms of MS are.