age related macular degeneration

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• Cataract. AMD. “… long-standing controversy among clinicians as to whether cataract surgery is contraindicated in eyes with non-neovascular AMD.”

  
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  A report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology , one of the JAMA / Archives journals, indicates: ‘ Age-related macular degeneration does not appear to progress at a higher rate among individuals who have had surgery to treat cataract, contrary to previous reports that treating one cause of vision ...
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• Cataract surgery helps AMD patients; steroid improves DME; onlin...

  
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  (American Academy of Ophthalmology) This months Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at all stages of the disease, on a clinical trial showing that the ...
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• Blue light-filtering lens may protect against age-related vision loss

  
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  Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): A new study has shown that implantation of blue light-filtering intraocular lens (IOLs) at the time of cataract surgery increases a nutritional component of the eye, which may offer protection against the development or progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study has been ...
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• Blue light-filtering. Lenses. “… increases a nutritional component of the eye …”

  
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  John M Nolan, Fulbright Scholar, BSc, PhD, from the Macular Pigment Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland, has said: “Blue light-filtering lenses filter and block damaging blue light from reaching the retina, which holds the potential of reducing vision loss and improving the ...
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• Gene therapy. “Children who were treated with gene therapy are now able to walk and play just like any normally sighted child …”

  
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  Twelve patients have received gene therapy utilizing a surgical procedure performed by Albert M Maguire MD, University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. According to a Release from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: “After the first group of three young adults was treated safely, ...
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• Single shot of gene therapy could make kids with congenital blindness see

  
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  London, Oct 25 (ANI): A single jab of genes that produce light-sensitive pigments can make children with congenital blindness see, according to a new study.Taking the next step towards using gene therapy to cure disease, the study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the ...
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• mTOR inhibitors. Rapamycin. “… for DME, neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and dry eye syndrome.”

  
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  MacuSight has reported “… that it has received Fast Track designation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Perceiva, the company’s proprietary ocular sirolimus product, for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). MacuSight is currently advancing Perceiva in a broad Phase 2 ...
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• Fetal tissue helps restore partial vision in the blind

  
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  Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): In a novel study, researchers have successfully improved vision in people with blinding eye diseases by transplanting fetal tissue in the eye.Another experiment showed that retinal prosthesis could also restore some vision in patients with blinding eye disease.The researchers focussed their ...
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• Neural stem cells. “… protect cone photoreceptors (cones) in the eye from progressive degeneration …”

  
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  StemCells Inc has reported “… new preclinical data showing that its human neural stem cells protect cone photoreceptors (cones) in the eye from progressive degeneration and preserve visual function long term.” More from a Release dated October 19, sourced from StemCells Inc: StemCells, ...
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• Bright light. Low light.

  
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  According to a Release from the Washington University School of Medicine: ‘When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust.’ ‘Vision scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified an intricate process that allows the human eye to adapt ...
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• What helps us see in bright or low light?

  
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  Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) How do our eyes adjust during a blackout, seemingly without loss of time?Vision scientists at Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis (WUSM-SL) have identified an intricate process that allows the human eye to adapt to darkness very quickly, as well as function in bright light. The ...
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• Sirtris Advancing No. 1 Drug into Mid-Stage Clinical Trials for Type 2 Diabetes

  
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  Life Sciences , Type 2 Diabetes , aging Ryan McBride wrote: Cambridge, MA, biotech standout Sirtris has been a quieter operation since it became a subsidiary of drug giant GlaxoSmithKline last summer. But the firm’s drugs, heralded for their potential anti-aging effects, appear to be advancing through ...
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• Use of novel wet age-related macular degeneration treatment given nod by FDA

  
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  According to a report coming from NeoVista , Inc., the FDA has approved its “compassionate case” waiver for utilizing its novel wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment on a patient with an advanced form of this disease. The procedure was performed by Dr. Carl Awh , President of Tennessee ...
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• Now, single jab that could prevent blindness

  
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  London, Oct 13 (ANI): A single jab can now prevent people from losing their vision, thanks to researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, who have developed a new method to inject drug into the blood by weakening the otherwise impermeable blood-retina barrier.The blood-retina barrier normally prevents molecules in ...
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• ICGA-guided argon laser. Active polyps. “Six months post-laser, the patient regained his peripheral vision …”

  
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  “… a case of peripheral polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) which was treated successfully.”  1 Researchers from 1st Ophthalmology Department of Ophthalmiatrio Eye Hospital of Athens, in Athens, Greece; have presented an article titled: “A case of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Periphery is ...
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