Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news on brain science and health, may lead to new treatments for the blind. Researchers also reported that an engineered protein restored vision in an animal model and identified ways to improve stem cell treatments.
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately held eye care company Visiogen, expanding the company's vision care business with a next-generation accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) technology to address presbyopia for cataract patients.
VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices for individuals with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), today announced upcoming scientific and corporate presentations on its implantable telescope technology. VisionCare's investigational telescope implant is the first medical device to be recommended for FDA approval by the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel for End-Stage AMD, a leading cause of untreatable blindness in the U.S.
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today launched the latest expansion of the EnSpire¢â Multilabel Plate Reader platform ¦¡ EnSpire, with ultra sensitive luminescence detection. This new detection capability provides scientists, including those working with primary or stem cells in cancer and neuropharmacology research, with enhanced capabilities to improve assay performance and sensitivity.
A mobile, four-wheeled platform, CYCLOPS may help refine and enhance the design of visual prostheses
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the introduction of several new tools to improve the speed and effectiveness of research for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and other central nervous system disorders.
Two Kansas State University psychology researchers have found that although central vision allows our eyes to discern the details of a scene, our peripheral vision is most important for telling us what type of scene we're looking at in the first place, such as whether it is a street, a mountain or a kitchen.
Eight-year-old Hannah Terrell of Medford, Oregon, is living life with a new perspective. Last year, it was hard for Hannah to play tag with her friends because she couldn’t see the other children as they ran away. Now she is running across the field and chasing her friends like any other third-grader. Mark A. Terry, M.D., director of corneal services at Legacy Good Samaritan Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Ore., cleared Hannah’s vision in her right eye with the world’s first successful endothelial keratoplasty (EK) for congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED). Dr. Terry will operate on her left eye later this fall.
Calcium signalling between the cells which line blood vessels and surrounding smooth muscle is critical for blood flow and pressure regulation. This study will therefore provide insights into blood vessel disease.
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