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...
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...
Cell therapy leads to improvement in visual acuity in retinitis pigmentosa Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 Dec 2017 7:15 PM ISTCell therapy company jCyte has announced results from a phase 1/2a clinical trial for its investigational product, jCell, in retinitis pigmentosa...
FDA Okays Gene Therapy for Rare Form of Blindness Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli19 Dec 2017 7:31 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spark Therapeutics' innovative gene therapy for the treatment of a rare, inherited form of...
Stem cell therapy for treatment of blindness Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTA team led by an Indian-origin scientist has made advances towards creating stem cell-derived retinal cells to treat a leading cause of...
NEI-Funded Research Suggests Repetitive Strain From Eye Movement May Play a Role in Glaucoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTCommon, unavoidable eye movements may be a cause of glaucoma in people with normal intraocular pressure (normal-tension glaucoma), according to new...
10 Tips to reduce Chances of Glaucoma from American Academy of Ophthalmology Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Jan 2018 9:00 PM ISTGlaucoma is one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide, affecting nearly 60 million people. Treatment can slow its progression, but there is...
Increased stress at work linked to higher risk of diabetes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTWorkers who experience an increase in stress on the job over time may be more likely to develop diabetes than their coworkers who don’t, a recent...
Ophthalmologists with old training might lack skills to screen Glaucoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Feb 2018 7:00 PM ISTGlaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally and large-scale surveys from India recently put this ailment as a significant...
4 fold reduction in Diabetic microvascular complications after Bariatric surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTAccording to researchers from the Surgical Department of the University of Heidelberg in cooperation with the Study Center of the German Surgical...
Diabetics twice more prone to develop cataract Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTResearchers from UK analysed medical records of 56,510 patients of dabetes and have concluded that Diabetics are twice more prone to develop cataract...
Half of vision impairment in developed countries is preventable Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 March 2018 7:02 PM ISTProfessor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University and Vision Loss Expert Group have conducted a systematic review of medical literature over the...
