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New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable
-- Retinal detachment puts an individual at risk for vision loss or blindness.However, a new study published in the November 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that a high probability of reattachment and visual...
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The Human Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme, UBE2E3, Is Required for Proliferation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Ce
Plafker KS et al.- UBE2E3 is essential for the proliferation of RPE-1 cells and is downregulated during RPE layer maturation in the developing mouse eye. These findings indicate that UBE2E3 is a major enzyme in modulating the balance...
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Surgical options for retinal detachment
Medical Procedure News Retinal detachment, a condition that afflicts about 10,000 Americans each year, puts an individual at risk for vision loss or blindness.In a new study in the current issue of the New England Journal of...
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New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable
Retinal detachment, a condition that afflicts about 10,000 Americans each year, puts an individual at risk for vision loss or blindness.In a new study in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading...
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Primary Retinal Detachment
_ Primary Retinal Detachment.
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Risk Factors for Retinal Hemorrhage after Photodynamic Therapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Oh IK et al.- Hypertension, minimally classic lesion, advanced age and a previous hemorrhagic event were associated with the development of hemorrhage within 2 weeks after PDT. Risk Factors for Retinal Hemorrhage after...
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Pluripotent Stem Cells Shown To Generate New Retinal Cells Necessary For Vision, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Nov.21, 2008) Pluripotent stem cells those, like embryonic stem cells, that give rise to almost every type of cell in the body can be converted into the different classes of retinal cells necessary for vision, according to a...
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Second Sight Expands International Clinical Trial for Argus II RetinalImplant
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., the leading developer of retinal prostheses for the blind, announced that it will increase patient enrollment for the ArgusTM II Retinal Implant study throughout clinical trials sites within Europe....
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Accuracy of Primary Care Clinicians in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Single-Image Retinal Photograp
_ Accuracy of Primary Care Clinicians in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Single-Image Retinal Photograp.
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Gene Therapy - New gene therapy research has been reported by A.J. Breafernandez et al
According to recent research from Spain, 'Mutations in MERTK, a member of the MER/AXL/TYRO3 receptor kinase family, have been associated with disruption of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) pathway and settling of recessive RP (arRP...
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Cataract Extraction in a Patient With HIV and Retinal Complications
In 2002, a 37-year-old male was referred to me by a retina colleague for evaluation of decreased vision due to a cataract involving the patient's right eye.His history was significant for bilateral retinitis and panuveitis secondary to...
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Promising Proof-of-Concept Data for Lpath's Ocular Drug Candidate iSONEP(TM) Published
Lpath, Inc.(OTCBB: LPTN) today announced that the laboratory of Peter Campochiaro, MD at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine(1) recently published peer-reviewed findings of a research study of iSONEP(TM), Lpath's Phase 1 anti-S1P...
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Central and Pericentral Retinal Sensitivity After Macular Translocation Surgery
CHIEH JT et al.- Sensitivity of the translocated macula was significantly greater than in Area 2, retina over abnormal RPE-choriocapillaris, suggesting that disturbed RPE-choriocapillaris significantly limits retinal function. Area 1...
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Can a VEGF Inhibitor Be Used to Effectively Treat Macular Edema Associated With Perfused Central Retinal Vein
_ Can a VEGF Inhibitor Be Used to Effectively Treat Macular Edema Associated With Perfused Central Retinal Vein.
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Heavy Lifting a Risk Factor for Retinal Detachment in Myopic Patients
_ Heavy Lifting a Risk Factor for Retinal Detachment in Myopic Patients.
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Ellex Announces Six-Month Results on Retina Regeneration Therapy
ATLANTA, Nov.9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellex Medical Lasers Limited (ASX: ELX), a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced the six-month clinical study results for the groundbreaking...
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Ellex Announces Six-Month Results on Retina Regeneration Therapy
ATLANTA, Nov.9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellex Medical Lasers Limited , a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced the six-month clinical study results for the groundbreaking treatment...
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Ellex Announces Six-Month Results on Retina Regeneration Therapy
ATLANTA, Nov.9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellex Medical Lasers Limited , a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced the six-month clinical study results for the groundbreaking treatment...
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Optimizing diagnostic technologies to address glaucoma progression in clinical practice
Source: Ophthalmology Times Meeting E-News Email|Print| Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Facebook |Save|License |Discuss On Sermo The consequences of uncontrolled glaucoma progression can be severe.Technology companies have risen to the challenge...
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Optical Society of America: Where optics meets medicine
Where optics meets medicine (NewsRx.com) -- Medical research is a cornerstone of Frontiers in Optics 2008 (FiO), the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society (OSA), being held Oct.19-23 at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, N...
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Clinicians continue to discover relevant data from spectral domain OCT
Thousands of eye care practices still effectively use their time domain instruments.Jerome Sherman, OD, FAAO; Hanish Patel, OD In our practice at the Eye Institute and Laser Center in Manhattan, over the past several years virtually all...
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Myopic patients cautioned about heavy lifting
-0400 (Reuters Health) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with myopia, heavy occupational lifting and being overweight appear to be risk factors for retinal detachment, according to a brief report from Italy in the current issue of...
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Accuracy of Primary Care Clinicians in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Single-Image Retinal Photograp
_ Accuracy of Primary Care Clinicians in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Single-Image Retinal Photograp.
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TI's bionic eye to go for clinical trials in India by 2009 end
India could be the next destination for clinical trials for the artificial retina referred to as the retinal prosthesis or bionic eye developed by Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), a world leader in analog, signal processor and...
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Evaluating the Impact of HD-OCT On Diagnosing and Treating Retinal Disease
Two cases demonstrate how Cirrus HD-OCT led to more accurate diagnoses and better patient outcomes.Accurate, early diagnosis and treatment decisions often depend on the quantity and quality of data we receive. As new technologies...
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