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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.

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·June 7, 2021·3 min read

High Caffeine Consumption May Be Associated With Increased Risk of Blinding Eye Disease

For those with a genetic predisposition to higher eye pressure, high caffeine consumption may increase the risk of developing glaucoma threefold.

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·August 28, 2023·5 min read

New Cell Atlas Signals Hope for Aging Visual Impairments

Researchers created a groundbreaking "cell atlas" of the human eye that could revolutionize treatments for blinding diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration. The atlas identifies nearly 160 unique cell types across different eye structures, and pinpoints which genes each cell type expresses.

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·January 9, 2023·4 min read

New High-Tech Startup Developing Smart Contact Lenses for Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management

Newly developed smart contact lenses can help detect glaucoma at its earliest stages, researchers report.

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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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·August 8, 2018·4 min read

New Insight on Alzheimer’s: Link Between Dementia and Eye Diseases Discovered

A new study reveals a considerable link between three common eye diseases and an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers believe their findings could help physicians better detect those at risk of developing dementia.

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·September 30, 2022·2 min read

People With Glaucoma Are at Significant Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

People with normal-tension glaucoma are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, researchers say.

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·April 3, 2012·4 min read

Positive Stress Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma

Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the...

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·November 21, 2022·4 min read

Repeated Stress Accelerates Aging of the Eye

Stress such as intraocular pressure elevation in the eye causes the retinal tissue to undergo transcriptional and epigenetic changes similar to natural aging.