Gene therapy may be the best hope for curing retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited condition that usually leads to severe vision loss and blinds 1.5 million people worldwide.
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A cross-disciplinary University of Waterloo team has developed a new contact lens material that could act as a bandage for corneal wounds while releasing drugs in a controlled manner to help the eye heal faster. A study outlining ...
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Ciliopathies are rare diseases in which the formation or function of cilia, cylindrical-shaped extensions found on the surface of many cells, is altered. There is a high degree of ciliary specialization, ranging from motile ...
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Parents of children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) may wonder how long to patch, and whether extended periods of patching might affect their child's development or cause undue stress for the child or family, particularly ...
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While the adequate surgical treatment of cataract is guaranteed in high-income countries, the surgical results in the Global South are often inadequate. Video recording can be used to analyze possible surgical errors, improve ...
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When you think of eye infections, what comes to mind? Puffy, swollen bruised feeling eyelids that get glued together with gunk overnight? That feeling of having grit in your eye that can't be cleaned away? Eye infections ...
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So, you got your eyesight tested and found out you need your first pair of glasses. Or you found out you need a stronger pair than the ones you have. You put them on and everything looks crystal clear. But after a few weeks ...
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Today is your last chance until 2044 to see a total eclipse of the sun in the continental United States.
Apr 8, 2024
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Christian Espinoza, director of a Southern California drug-treatment provider, recently began employing a powerful new assistant: an artificial intelligence algorithm that can perform eye exams with pictures taken by a retinal ...
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High intraocular pressure (IOP) is a significant risk factor for glaucoma. Current IOP tests are mostly conducted in hospitals, while portable home tonometers that provide convenient IOP monitoring are expensive and often ...
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