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AFER announces 2011 Genentech Fellowship recipients – EurekAlert (press release)

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

AFER announces 2011 Genentech Fellowship recipientsEurekAlert (press release)Rockville, Md. – ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER) congratulates the first AFER/Genentech Age-related macular Degeneration Fellowship recipients — Balamurali K. Ambati, MD, PhD, and Stephen H. Tsang, MD, PhD. Each received $40000 to support …and more »

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Eye trials to begin – SunLive

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

Eye trials to beginSunLiveRead More A Mount Maunganui optometrist is about to start trials on a potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration. If the trials are successful, the new treatment could be a breakthrough in managing the county's leading cause of blindness …and more »

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Newark Company To Conduct Dry Age-Related Macular DeGeneration Clinical Trials

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

StemCells, Inc. issued the following press release Thursday: StemCells, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of the Company’s proprietary HuCNS-SCA® product candidate in dry age-related macular degeneration , the most common form of AMD.

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Virtual Reality Contact Lenses Offer 3D Panorama

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

The contact lenses could generate displays with a screen size equivalent to a 240-inch television, viewed at a distance of 10 feet.

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New Education About Sugar, Vision and Dry Eye from Sharon Kleyne

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water Talks about Recent News Item on the Effects of Sugar on Health and Vision, and the Global Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics.

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New Education About Sugar, Vision and Dry Eye from Sharon Kleyne – DigitalJournal.com (press release)

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

New Education About Sugar, Vision and Dry Eye from Sharon KleyneDigitalJournal.com (press release)The consensus is that sugar consumption is a major contributor to the current worldwide diabetes and obesity epidemics and can be a factor in dry eye disease, macular degeneration and other eye problems. Sugar intake, Sharon Kleyne notes, …

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Link Between Insulin Resistance And Brain Health In Elderly

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Care. The main hormonal function of insulin is to support the uptake and use of glucose in muscles and fat tissues…

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Keeping the faith in the dark

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

The Rev. Thomas Sanderfer Jr. walks with short, shaky steps, and each one is a challenge.

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An Explanation For Why The Brain May Become More Reluctant To Function As We Grow Older

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

New findings, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol and published this week in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, reveal a novel mechanism through which the brain may become more reluctant to function as we grow older. It is not fully understood why the brain’s cognitive functions such as memory and speech decline as we age…

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Why 2 new studies represent important breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease research

February 3rd, 2012 | Comments Off

Clarksburg, MD-Two different research groups have independently made the same important discoveries on how Alzheimer’s disease spreads in the brain, according to a February 2 New York Times story.

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