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Researchers find detailed genetic roadmap of glaucoma
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Melbourne found a detailed generic roadmap of glaucoma. The roadmap will help researchers to develop new drugs to combat the disease.
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Scientists reveal retinal cell mapping could promote accurate therapies fo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bethesda (Maryland) [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers have identified discrete differences between the cells that make up retinal tissue and the findings can help in developing targeted therapies to treat various diseases that affect the eye's retina.
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Walling off or 'bunkering' retina can save eyesight, suggests study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], March 8 (ANI): The retina is a layer of photoreceptors cells and glial cells within the eye that captures incoming photons and transmits them along neuronal pathways as both electrical and chemical signals for the brain to perceive a visual picture. Chronically stressing th
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Novel approach by neuroscientists reverses amblyopia in animals
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): By temporarily suspending retinal activity in the non-amblyopic eye of animal models, neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory restrengthened the visual response in the amblyopic eye, even at ages after the critical period when patc
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Clinical study highlights supplement change to split danger for serious r
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], February 7 (ANI): A clinical report drove by the University of Gothenburg features the danger for a serious type of retinopathy of rashness, which can cause visual impairment in very untimely infants, was halved when the babies were given a new supplement combining diffe
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Risk of severe retinal disease halved in premature infants through combina
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): A Swedish study led by the University of Gothenburg shows that risk for a severe form of retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in extremely premature babies, was halved when the newborns were given a new supplement combining various fatty ac
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Halved risk for severe retinal disease in extremely premature infants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Risk for a severe form of retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in extremely premature babies, was halved when the newborns were given a new supplement combining various fatty acids, as shown in a Swedish study led from the University of Got
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Gene editing techniques helpful in retinal degeneration treatment
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 23 (ANI): A new study has found that gene-editing techniques like CRISPR-Cas hold the power to rectify inherited retinal degenerative mutations, which are the primary cause of blindness.
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Study highlights genome altering can help to treat human retinal degenerat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 20 (ANI): A study published in journal Human Gene Therapy shows that gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas frameworks, offer the possibility to address transformations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness.
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Retinas: New potential clues in diagnosing, treating Alzheimer's
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): A study led by the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery has identified certain regions in the retina - the lining found in the back of the eye - that are more affected by Alzheimer's disease than other areas.
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Scientists discover new promising strategy for common retinal diseases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness - has been discovered by a team of scientists.
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New strategy for treating common retinal diseases shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness.
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