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New nerve insights may help heal certain types of blindness, paralysis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Adult nerve cells cannot rebuild their connections, therefore nerve injuries might induce blindness or paralysis. A team of UConn School of Medicine researchers recently reported in Development that everyone has at least a tiny number of nerve cells that may be induced to grow, possibly rest
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Samples of eye drops linked to blindness, deaths in US are "free of contam
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The samples of eye-drops manufactured by India's Global Pharma Healthcare,which were linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients in US, are found to be "free of contamination", said Health Ministry sources on Tuesday.
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Researchers discover therapeutic target to aid glaucoma treatment
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A damaged optic nerve underlies the neurodegenerative illness glaucoma, which results in visual loss and eventual blindness. Glaucoma affects more than 2,00,000 persons in the United States annually. Regrettably, there is no cure at this time. Researchers discovered that neurons use mitochon
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Researchers discover new approach to prevent causes of vision loss
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown contributor to damaging blood vessel formation in the eye, which may lead to new treatments for blinding macular degeneration and other frequent causes of vision loss.
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Sukhdeep Aasht, organizes 3rd Global Inclusivity Run by visually impaired
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI/PNN): Sukhdeep Singh Aasht, organized "Global Inclusivity Run for Awareness of Glaucoma by visually impaired". Around 2800 Visually Impaired along with Guides took confident step forward across 62 countries/regions, leading to Glaucoma awareness to over
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Urgent and accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage, vision f
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The World Health Organization has called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated, and people-centred eye care for everyone, in order to address the increase in vision impairment and blindness in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
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Study reveals expanding gene therapy for rare disease that causes blindnes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In an effort to treat the rare genetic condition Usher Syndrome Type 2A (USH2A), a University of Houston researcher is developing a gene therapy technique.
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Researchers reveal diabetic retinopathy cause blindness in adults
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Diabetic retinopathy, which results in progressive damage to the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, is the main cause of blindness in adults in the United States. However, a study suggested that the small leaky intestine, which reduces the barrier between gut
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Study discovers new treatment for rare eye disease that prevent blindness
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study, patients with thyroid eye disease treated with the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody teprotumumab saw improvements in their symptoms, appearance, and quality of life.
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New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody, teprotumumab, experienced improvement in their symptoms, appearance and quality of life, according to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Microparticles might help in prevention of vitamin A deficiency: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Vitamin A deficiency is the largest cause of blindness in the world, and it can be lethal in severe cases. This vitamin deficiency affects almost one-third of the world's preschool-aged children and is especially widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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Study: Feline genetics help pinpoint first-ever domestication of cats
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling in the Fertile Crescent, the areas of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made the first switch from hunter-gatherers to farmers. They developed close bonds with the rodent-eating cats that conveniently served as ancient pest-
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