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Implantable Telescope Lens to Treat Macular Degeneration
03/21/2013 - 17:03

 Retired entrepreneur Willis "James" Hindman, 77, always enjoyed raising and watching thoroughbred race horses run on his farm in Westminster, Md. "There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a horse in motion and at full speed. It’s something very special to me," says Hindman.

 

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Human Eye Inspires Clog-free Ink Jet Printer Invented by MU Researcher
07/16/2012 - 18:45

Clogged printer nozzles waste time and money while reducing print quality. University of Missouri engineers recently invented a clog-preventing nozzle cover by mimicking the human eye. Kwon’s invention uses a droplet of silicone oil to cover the opening of the nozzle when not in use, similar to the film of oil that keeps a thin layer of tears from evaporating off the eye.

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NIH Study Links Genes to Common Forms of Glaucoma
04/27/2012 - 11:26

Results from the largest genetic study of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness and vision loss worldwide, showed that two genetic variations are associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), a common form of the disease. The identification of genes responsible for this disease is the first step toward the development of gene-based disease detection and treatment.

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Ophthalmologists Urged to Be Alert for Signs of Child Abuse
04/25/2012 - 07:06

It has been estimated that roughly 4% to 6% of child abuse victims present first to an ophthalmologist. In a case study in the April issue of the Journal of American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, doctors at the University of Washington and the Seattle Children’s Hospital describe a case of a 13-month-old girl who was initially diagnosed with corneal abrasion and a mild infection. She was eventually identified as a victim of child abuse.

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‘Positive stress’ helps protect eye from glaucoma
04/03/2012 - 22:54

Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness.

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Ability to detect light could have evolved before anything like an eye
03/05/2012 - 15:53

New research from the University of California shows how the ability to detect light could have evolved before anything like an eye.  As published today (March 5) in the journal BMC Biology, the research is based on the stinging mechanism in the tiny, brainless and eyeless freshwater polyp Hydra magnipapillata. Part of a group of animals called cnidarians that includes sea anemones, corals and jellyfish, a hydra is essentially a mouth surrounded by tentacles armed with stinging cells, or cnidocytes.

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