Genetic treatment for blindness may soon be reality Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTPatients who had lost their sight to an inherited retinal disease could see well enough to navigate a maze after being treated with a new gene...
Intravitreal aflibercept an effective option for proliferative diabetic retinopathy Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Nov 2017 7:28 PM ISTIn a single-blind, non-inferiority trial it has been found that patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy who were treated with intravitreal...
Donor corneas can be safely preserved for longer period : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:20 PM ISTResults from a large, national clinical trial show that corneal donor tissue can be safely stored for 11 days without negatively impacting the success...
Chemists have created compounds that can treat glaucoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTGlaucoma is a serious disease associated with increased intraocular pressure which often leads to blindness. One of the ways to treat glaucoma is to...
Cataract surgery in older women associated with decreased mortality Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 Oct 2017 7:05 PM ISTIn older women with cataracts in the Women's Health Initiative, cataract surgery was associated with a lower risk for overall and cause-specific...
YAG laser vitreolysis effectively treated symptomatic vitreous floaters Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli24 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTChirag P. Shah et al. in a randomized trial tried to evaluate whether YAG laser vitreolysis was safe and effective in treating patients with...
Liquid biopsy to transform treatment of retinoblastoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTRetinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age. If not diagnosed early, retinoblastoma may result in...
Gene therapy shows promise for reversing blindness supriya kashyap kashyap14 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTIn a laboratory study in Oxford, researchers have shown how it might be possible to reverse blindness using gene therapy to reprogram cells at the...
New research raises hopes for treating retinopathy in premature babies supriya kashyap kashyap6 Oct 2017 9:45 AM ISTGround-breaking research by Monash University scientists has demonstrated the previously unknown existence of a disease-fighting immune cell in the...
Doctors Find Wriggling Flatworm in Teen's Eyeball Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Oct 2017 11:30 AM ISTA 17-year-old boy from a rural town in Mexico came to the hospital with complaints of severe eye pain and decreased visual acuity in his right eye...
New mechanism of glaucoma development identified supriya kashyap kashyap24 Sept 2017 9:30 AM ISTResearchers at the Center for Vascular Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have identified a new mechanism involved in the...
Weight loss after bariatric surgery may reverse eye damage: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 Sept 2017 10:29 AM ISTEarly eye damage caused by obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes can potentially be reversed by obesity surgery, concludes a study presented at...
