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06/25/2025

Strategy To Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration Identified

A new National Eye Institute-supported study identifies a possible way to slow or block progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in people over age 50.

06/04/2025

NIH SCIENTIST TEST IN AN ANIMAL MODEL A SURGICAL TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE CELL THERAPY FOR DRY AMD

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed a new surgical technique for implanting multiple tissue grafts in the eye's retina. The findings in animals may help advance treatment options for dry age-related macular degeneration.

05/21/2025

REPURPOSING A HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DRUG MAY PREVENT VISION LOSS IN INHERITED BLINDING DISEASES

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. No therapy exists for this rare inherited disease, which starts affecting vision from childhood.

05/14/2025

NEI-FUNDED RESEARCHERS TEST NEW VISUAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEM TO RESTORE VISION

Brown University researchers have identified a promising new approach that may help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.

05/07/2025

VISION SCREENING IN OLDER DRIVERS

New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine is shining a light on whether vision screenings for older drivers identify those who are likely to have motor vehicle collisions in the next few years.

04/03/2025

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis pigmentosa.

03/19/2025

Baylor Study Combines Lithophane, 3D Printing to Make Scientific Data Accessible to Everyone Regardless of Level of Eyesight

Scientists use old-fashioned art form and 3D printing to make major advance in eliminating exclusion of individuals with blindness or low vision from chemistry and other life sciences.

03/05/2025

Nonprofit Hadley launches online tutorials for people with vision loss, in Spanish

Hadley has partnered with the National Eye Institute (NEI) to offer online tutorials in Spanish through Hadley’s online learning hub, Hadley.edu

02/12/2025

New app developed at NYU Tandon promises to make navigating subway stations easier for people with blindness and low vision

Designed by researchers at NYU, Commute Booster routes public-transportation users through the “middle mile” — the part of a journey inside subway stations or other similar transit hubs.

01/15/2025

E-Scoop Glasses For Low Vision

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12/14/2024

Low Vision Spectacles for Glaucoma Patients -A Top 10 Article for 2024

How different spectacle options can help with vision needs.

12/04/2024

Educate Yourself on the Various Electronic and Wearable Devices

Ocutech SideSight Hemianopsia Alarm

Lateral Awareness Alert System for Hemianopsia, Spatial Neglect, and Tunnel Vision