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Retinal Degeneration
Retinal degeneration is damage to the retina based on its deterioration due to progressive retinal cell death. Reasons for its development include diabetic retinopathy or vein occlusion.
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FEB 27, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this community of microbes known as the gut microbio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Geographic atrophy (GA) sounds like it is related to geography - which it is - geography of the eye. GA is an irreversib ...Written By: Greta AnneJAN 07, 2023Health & Medicine
With patient cells, researchers at the National Eye Institute created a bioink that was used to 3D print eye tissue.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a common vision condition in which objects far away appear blurry. Myopia occu ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 16, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Glaucoma is a term that refers to a group of eye diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve. This nerve damage can le ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJAN 27, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive vision impairment resulting from the deterioration of the retina ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) is a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness. It's caused by mutations in a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
According to the Population Reference Bureau, 40 million people in the United States are aged 65 and older. This nu ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizAUG 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been developing gene therapies that can help restore vision that's lost due to a problem with a gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco have found that retinal scans can detect changes in blood ve ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have been able to develop gene therapies to treat some eye diseases. The eyes are uniquely q ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Blurred or double vision, and in extreme cases, complete vision loss are amongst the earliest symptoms of multiple scler ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have found a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. Having already ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Treating some diseases of the eye has been difficult because researchers have had difficulty seeing the damage. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2018Health & Medicine
Blue light is all around us in the digital devices we use. From cell phones and tablets to laptops and video games, the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR is a powerful technique that can make permanent edits to the genome; scientists are want to used it to repair hum ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2017Infographics
Digital screens are quickly becoming integrated into all aspects of our daily lives. The average American spends 11 hour ...DEC 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Fish oil, made from fatty fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel, is commonly taken as a supplement for a variety of healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2017Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human diseaseWritten By: Courtney SchaalMAR 06, 2017Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – March 6, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 5, 2016 – A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 27, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this community of microbes known as the gut microbio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Geographic atrophy (GA) sounds like it is related to geography - which it is - geography of the eye. GA is an irreversib
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
With patient cells, researchers at the National Eye Institute created a bioink that was used to 3D print eye tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a common vision condition in which objects far away appear blurry. Myopia occu
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 16, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Glaucoma is a term that refers to a group of eye diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve. This nerve damage can le
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JAN 27, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive vision impairment resulting from the deterioration of the retina
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) is a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness. It's caused by mutations in a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the Population Reference Bureau, 40 million people in the United States are aged 65 and older. This nu
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
AUG 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been developing gene therapies that can help restore vision that's lost due to a problem with a gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco have found that retinal scans can detect changes in blood ve
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have been able to develop gene therapies to treat some eye diseases. The eyes are uniquely q
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Blurred or double vision, and in extreme cases, complete vision loss are amongst the earliest symptoms of multiple scler
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have found a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. Having already
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Treating some diseases of the eye has been difficult because researchers have had difficulty seeing the damage. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
Blue light is all around us in the digital devices we use. From cell phones and tablets to laptops and video games, the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR is a powerful technique that can make permanent edits to the genome; scientists are want to used it to repair hum
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Infographics
Digital screens are quickly becoming integrated into all aspects of our daily lives. The average American spends 11 hour
...
DEC 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fish oil, made from fatty fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel, is commonly taken as a supplement for a variety of healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human disease
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
MAR 06, 2017
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – March 6, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 5, 2016 – A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)