Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders
[ad_1] Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that a drug once widely used to wean alcoholics off of drinking helps to improve sight in mice with retinal degeneration. The drug… [ad_2] Source link
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Attention to objects in peripheral vision is not driven by tiny eye movements
[ad_1] Minuscule involuntary eye movements, known as microsaccades, can occur even while one is carefully staring at a fixed point in space. When paying attention to something in the peripheral vision… [ad_2] Source link
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Seen and ‘herd’: Collective motion in crowds is largely determined by participants’ field of vision
[ad_1] Like flocks of birds or schools of fish, crowds of humans also tend to move en masse — almost as if they’re thinking as one. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain this type of… [ad_2] Source link
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NEI hosts international strategic planning meeting
[ad_1] The digital summit of global partners in vision research discussed opportunities for collaboration. “We’re here because we all want the same thing: a… [ad_2] Source link
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Indiana University-led study shows human induced pluripotent stem cells improve visual acuity, vascular health
[ad_1] Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and five other institutions, are investigating novel regenerative medicine… [ad_2] Source link
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The Delay is the Point: An Ophthalmologist Navigates Abusive Health Insurer. Barely
[ad_1] I’ve often done battle with insurance companies to get my patients the health care they need. I’ve also been the patient at the end of the phoneline – for hours – with no idea if help is on the way. Health… [ad_2] Source link
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Bunkers that save sight? UConn researchers take a close look
[ad_1] Healthy aged human retinas (J,K,L) have minimal stress proteins (green, J), little citrullination (red, K) and very little overlap (L), indicating low stress levels. In contrast, human retinas with… [ad_2] Source link
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Protein protects brain cells most impacted by glaucoma
[ad_1] Kathryn Bollinger and Sylvia Smith, Augusta University, reported that protein sigma 1 receptor, which is known to protect cells from stress, appears key to the function and survival of retinal… [ad_2] Source link
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Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors
[ad_1] Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye’s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel… [ad_2] Source link
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Mosquitoes are seeing red: Why new findings about their vision could help you hide from these disease vectors
[ad_1] Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring and summer could hinge on your attire and your skin. New research led by scientists at the University of Washington indicates that a common mosquito species… [ad_2] Source link
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