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anti-VEGF injections
Neovascular Macular Degeneration Patients Can Gain Visual Acuity After Cataract Surgery
Researchers compared the visual outcomes and rate of intraoperative complications in patients with nAMD and control eyes that did not have nAMD that underwent phacoemulsification cataract surgery o...
hemianopia
Study will test the effectiveness of retraining vision after stroke
30% of stroke survivors experience a loss of vision or blindness in half of their field of vision on the right or left side. This condition is known as hemianopia and there is currently no cure or...
gene therapy
Gene therapy technique may offer hope as a glaucoma treatment
A study in Nature Communications details the research that involved a protein known as Protrudin.
iPS cells
World's first iPS transplant of visual cells performed
The transplant team used iPS cells grown from the blood cells of a healthy donor.
age related macular degeneration
High fat diet linked to higher risk of blindness
Researchers discovered that a high fat diet disrupts the ability of retinal pigment epithelial cells to adjust to the changing conditions in the eye as it ages, which can result in long-term retin...
age-related macular degeneration
Macular Degeneration | Hard versus Soft Drusen
Drusen can be either hard or soft and while both types need to be monitored, hard drusen don't usually cause vision problems.
AMD
Parkinson's drug may be a treatment for advanced age-related macular degeneration
Researchers discovered that levodopa is safe, well-tolerated and not only improved visual outcomes but also delayed anti-VEGF injections.
blindness
Retinal vein occlusion may be helped by new eye drops
Retinal vein occlusion is a major cause of blindness that is caused by a blockage in the major vein that drains blood from the retina.
cataract
Are 2 Lasers better than 1 for Cataract Surgery?
Scientists have been working on a new technology that utilizes two lasers - one to destroy the clouded lens and the other to stimulate the regeneration of tissue.