Posts Tagged ‘macular degeneration’
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The international research team led by the University of Leeds found that the TSPAN12 gene is faulty in patients with a disease known as FEVR (familial exudative vitreoretinopathy), which affects the development of the eye. While many FEVR patients are registered blind or visually impaired, members of the same family may carry the faulty gene without showing any symptoms. (Courtesy: Leeds)
LEEDS (UK)—The discovery of a new gene may help save the sight of patients with a type of inherited blindness. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2009 14:47 - 0 Comments
Common mechanism at root of eye disorders?
YALE (US)—Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 19, 2009 11:52 - 0 Comments
‘Dark cells’ of living retina imaged for first time
U. ROCHESTER (US)—In a quest to figure out why one of the most prevalent eye diseases actually happens, researchers have captured the first-ever images of “dark cells” in a living retina. The new technique for seeing this nearly invisible layer of cells could help doctors identify the onset of many diseases of the eye, including macular degeneration, long before a patient notices symptoms. (more…)
