Posts tagged: eye
Problems In Transport Of Donated Human Retina Led Researchers To Discover New Treatment Path For Eye Disease
Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. The discovery has led researchers to urge review of how millions of dollars are spent investigating the cause of a ...
Eye color linked to high-risk for skin conditions
Eye color may be an indicator of whether a person is high-risk for certain serious skin conditions. A study, led by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, shows people with blue eyes are less likely to have vitiligo.
Eye color may indicate risk for serious skin conditions
DENVER (May 6, 2012) - Eye color may be an indicator of whether a person is high-risk for certain serious skin conditions. A study, led by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, shows people with blue eyes are less likely to have vitiligo. It then follows, according to scientists, ...
Eye color may indicate risk for serious skin conditions
(University of Colorado Denver) Eye color may be an indicator of whether a person is high-risk for certain serious skin conditions. A study, led by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, shows people with blue eyes are less likely to have vitiligo.
Sloppy shipping of human retina leads IU researchers to discover new treatment path for eye disease
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. The discovery has led researchers to urge review of how millions of dollars are spent investigating the ...
Sloppy shipping of human retina leads IU researchers to discover new treatment path for eye disease
(Indiana University) Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. The discovery has led researchers to urge review of how millions of dollars are spent investigating the cause ...
Eye size determined by maximum running speed in mammals
Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
BGI, GMU, Mass. Eye and Ear and OUHSC announce agreement to sequence 100 human adenoviruses
Boston, MA, Manassas, VA, Oklahoma City, OK and Shenzhen, China -- May 2, 2012 Representatives from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, in conjunction with George Mason University (GMU), the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Mass. Eye and Ear) and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), jointly ...
Eye size determined by maximum running speed in mammals
(University of Texas at Austin) Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from the University of Texas at Austin.
Child Abuse – Eye Doctors Asked To Look Out For Signs
Doctors at the University of Washington and the Seattle Children's Hospital describe how a 13-month-old girl was eventually identified as a child abuse victim, after initially being diagnosed with corneal abrasion and a mild infection. The case study is published in the April issue of the Journal of the American ...
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute announces breakthrough for degenerative vision disorder
Miami - A research team, led by John Guy, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has pioneered a novel technological treatment for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), an inherited genetic defect that causes rapid, permanent, and bilateral loss ...