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2021
- Researchers: HTRA1 Augmentation Is Potential Therapy For Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Moran Eye Center, July 19, 2021
- The Impact Of Landmark Studies On Clinical Practice In Glaucoma, Ophthalmology Times Europe, July 12, 2021
- Team Finds Brain Mechanism That Automatically Links Objects In Our Minds, The Hub, July 9, 2021
- Do Anti-VEGF Injections For Diabetic Retinopathy Impact Mortality?, Medscape, July 8, 2021
- Scientists Discover A New Class Of Neurons For Remembering Faces, Rockefeller University, July 1, 2021
- Lawmakers Pitch Bill To Create $30 Billion In Drug Development “biobonds”, STAT, May 24, 2021
- Scientists Partially Restored A Blind Man’s Sight With New Gene Therapy, The New York Times, May 24, 2021
- Vision Researchers At Wayne State Discover New Therapy To Treat Eye Infections, NEI, May 20, 2021
- Can An Experimental Eye Disease Drug Treat COVID-19 Associated Lung Problems?, FOCUS, May 20, 2021
- AMD Type Has No Impact On Timing Of Cataract Surgery, Primary Care Optometry News, May 17, 2021
- Weight-Loss Surgery Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts, HealthDay, May 13, 2021
- Gene Editing Clinical Trial Participant Dreams Of A Future With Sight, OHSU News, May 10, 2021
- Blind Patients Hope Landmark Gene-Editing Experiment Will Restore Their Vision, NPR, May 10, 2021
- Opportunity Of A Lifetime: Why I Joined A CRISPR Gene Therapy Trial For Vision Loss, FOCUS, May 10, 2021
- Five Questions For Ji Yi, Ph.D, Hopkins Medicine, May 10, 2021
- 5 Reasons Your Vision Is Changing As A Parent And What To Do About It, Parents, May 7, 2021
- Bayer AG Extend Research Collaboration Through 2024, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, May 5, 2021
- Higher Depression Rates Found In Severe, End Stage Glaucoma Patients, May 4, 2021
- Why Nearsightedness Is On The Rise In Children, The New York Times, May 3, 2021
- New Research Assesses Naturalistic Driving Techniques To Link Vision Impairment And Traffic Accidents, UAB News, April 29, 2021
- AI In Glaucoma: Area Ripe For Research With Unlimited Potential, Ocular Surgery News, April 29, 2021
- Can You Avoid Macular Degeneration?, Harvard Health, May 2021
- Neural Implant Monitors Multiple Brain Areas at Once, Provides New Neuroscience Insights, UCSD News, April 27, 2021
- Audacious Projects Develop Imaging Technology to Aid Eye Tissue Regeneration, NEI, April 21, 2021
- 20-year Glaucoma Follow-up Finds Vision Loss in Only One Fourth of Patients, McKnight’s Long Term Care News, April 21, 2021
- Micro-molded ‘Ice Cube Tray’ Scaffold is Next Step in Returning Sight to Injured Retinas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 21, 2021
- Study Identifies Mechanism that May Cause Blindness, University of Maryland Baltimore, April 14, 2021
- Citicoline Protects Against Glaucoma Without Reducing Fluid Pressure in Eye, NYU Langone News, April 14, 2021
- Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Rare Eye Disease in Mice, eLife, April 13, 2021
- An Artificial Retina Engineered from Ancient Protein Heads to Space, NEI, April 12, 2021
- Research Initiative to Focus on New Glaucoma Treatments, Healio, April 12, 2021
- Our Accomplishments [PDF], National Eye Institute, April 14, 2021
- Aflibercept Won’t Help Vision In Early Diabetic Retinopathy, Medscape, March 31, 2021
- Turning Back The Clock On A Severe Vision Disorder, Penn Today, March 30, 2021
- Preventive Treatment Reduces Diabetic Retinopathy Complications, National Eye Institute, March 30, 2021
- First-Ever Lab Model Of Human Eye Offers Hope For Macular Degeneration Patients, NewsCenter, March 29, 2021
- AI Correctly Diagnoses Vision-Threatening Condition In Babies In India, OHSU News, March 22, 2021
- New Genetic Links Found To Rare Eye Disease, Opening The Door To Better Diagnostics And Potential Treatments, Scripps, March 22, 2021
- Artificial Neuron Device Could Shrink Energy Use And Size Of Neural Network Hardware, UCSD News, March 18, 2021
- Wet Macular Degeneration Treatment Breakthroughs, Healthline, March 17, 2021
- Research Story Tip: Changes In The Eye May Offer Early Warning For Alzheimer’s Disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom, March 17, 2021
- Scientists Grew Tiny Tear Glands In A Dish — Then Made Them Cry, Nature, March 16, 2021
- Regenerative Approaches To Improving Corneal Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine Blog, March 11, 2021
- Glaucoma: What’s New And What Do I Need To Know?, Harvard Health Blog, March 11, 2021
- Stroke Affecting The Eye Requires Immediate Treatment, Can Signal Future Vascular Events, American Heart Association, March 8, 2021
- This Woman Invented An Innovative Device For Laser Cataract Surgery, WKMG, March 6, 2021
- Scientists Gain Insight Into Genetics Of Glaucoma, US News & World Report, March 3, 2021
- Game-Changer: How A Simple Quest Led To A Discovery That Promises To Change Lives, Johns Hopkins Medicine, March 3, 2021
- Heart Disease Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, Shiley Eye Institute, March 2, 2021
- Yale Team Finds Dozens Of Genes That Block Regeneration Of Neurons, YaleNews, March 2, 2021
- Our Eyes May Provide Early Warning Signs Of Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s, Washington Post, February 26, 2021
- Research Points To New Hope For Treatment-Resistant AMD, Moran Eye Center, February 26, 2021
- International Team Identifies 127 Glaucoma Genes In Largest Study Of Its Kind, Mass Eye and Ear, February 24, 2021
- New Hope For Better Macular Degeneration Treatments, WebMD, February 22, 2021
- Breakthrough By Moran Eye Center Scientist, Colleagues Fuels New Line Of Disease Research, Moran Eye Center, February 2, 2021
- HIV Drugs May Help Prevent Blinding Macular Degeneration, UVA Health Newsroom, February 1, 2021
- It’s Rare, But Studies Show COVID-19 Can Spread Through The Eyes, GBH News, January 22, 2021
- Promising Steps Toward Retinal Cell Transplants To Fight Blindness, HealthDay, January 19, 2021
- Omega-3s and Other Vitamins May Improve Dry Eye, Insider, January 14, 2021
- Covid: Eyesight Risk Warning from Lockdown Screen Time, BBC, January 12, 2021
- Routine Eye Scans May Give Clues To Cognitive Decline In Diabetes, Joslin Diabetes Center, January 4, 2021
2020
- Unseen Crisis Emerges as Patients Delay Medical Care During the Pandemic, PBS Newshour, December 29, 2020
- Congress Increases Vision Research Funding for FY2021, scEYEnce, December 27, 2020
- Zika Virus Affects Eye Development Before But Not After Birth, Egghead, December 18, 2020
- The Link Between COVID-19 and Diabetic Retinopathy, U.S. News & World Report, December 18, 2020
- Study in Mice Shows Genes May be Altered Through Drug Repurposing, UIC, December 17, 2020
- Cataract Surgery in Infancy Increases Glaucoma Risk, NIH, December 17, 2020
- A Failed Study Shows A Promising Treatment For Blindness, The Economist, December 10, 2020
- Focus On Healthy Vision With Six New Year’s Resolutions From Retina Specialists, News Wise, December 10, 2020
- Gene Therapy Shows Promise For A Form Of Blindness, But Is It A Cure?, Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2020
- Brothers Launch Clothing Line To Fund Research For A Cure To Blindness, The Week, December 9, 2020
- Targets For Avoidable Sight Loss “Not Being Met”, 30 Year Study Finds, Hippocratic Post, December 4, 2020
- Seeing Clearly Again, Harvard Gazette, December 2, 2020
- Machine Learning Scans Retinal Images To Predict Alzheimer’s Disease, Health IT Analytics, December 1, 2020
- Poor Vision And Senior Falls: An Ophthalmologist’s Perspective, TheDoctorWeighsIn, November 25, 2020
- Teleretinal Screening Fails to do Double Duty for Detecting Glaucoma, Cataracts, Ophthalmology Times, November 17, 2020
- Anti-VEGF Injections Increases the Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma, HCP Live, November 14, 2020
- How Diabetes Affects COVID-19, Optometry Times, November 12, 2020
- 99-Year-Old WWII Vet Sees Again with the Help of Virtual Reality, San Francisco Business Times, November 11, 2020
- Scripps Research Study Says New Strategy for Treating Retinal Diseases Shows Promise, La Jolla Light, November 7, 2020
- How Two Blind Brothers Became Two Blind Brothers for A Cause, AP News, November 5, 2020
- Technique to Regenerate Optic Nerve Offers Hope for Future Glaucoma Treatment, Science Daily, November 5, 2020
- When Good Retinal Surgery Makes Glaucoma Go Bad, Optometry Times, November 5, 2020
- Not Harmless: Rubber Bullets, Pepper Spray Rob Vision, U.S. News & World Report, November 3, 2020
- November Is Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Month, WKTN, November 2, 2020
- Abundance of Studies Explore Pharmacotherapy for Cataract, Ophthalmology Times, November 1, 2020,
- Impact of Vision Care, Specifically Diabetic Retinopathy, On Older Adults, Managed Healthcare Executive, October 30, 2020
- Americans in the Dark on Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms, Risks, Survey Finds, News Wise, October 29, 2020
- She Had a Headache for Months. Then She Could Barely See., The New York Times, October 28, 2020
- Blindness: The Under-Rated Investment Case, Private Equity Wire, October 27, 2020
- First RNA Sequencing of Human Retina Impacts Macular Degeneration Treatment, Yale Daily News, October 22, 2020
- If we’re serious about healthcare equity and access, we must support autonomous AI, The Hill, October 17, 2020
- Image-guided technology can improve cataract surgery outcomes, Healio News, October 17, 2020
- Combating Diabetes-Induced Blindness, Texas A&M Today, October 16, 2020
- Covid: Anglesey man ‘almost blind’ after cataract eye op wait, BBC News, October 16, 2020
- More plants validated for treating glaucoma, cataracts, conjunctivitis, The Guardian, October 15, 2020
- Blindness in the elderly: Finally a treatment in the near future?, MedicalXpress, October 14, 2020
- ‘I never saw stars before’: Gene therapy brings back 8-year-old Canadian boy’s sight, CTV News, October 14, 2020
- COVID-19 threatens the vision of thousands in the Palestinian territories, Devex, October 13, 2020
- Fresh Off Her Nobel Prize Win, Jennifer Doudna Predicts What’s Next for CRISPR, One Zero Medium, October 13, 2020
- COVID-19 in eyes: New case study offers first proof of coronavirus infecting ocular tissue, FirstPost, October 12, 2020
- Cataracts Linked to Depressive Symptoms in Elderly, HCP Live, October 11, 2020
- Coronavirus can also infect your eyes ‘in addition to the respiratory system’, The Virginian Pilot, October 9, 2020
- New Coronavirus Can Infect Your Eyes as Well, WebMD, October 9, 2020
- Pipeline: Potential new therapy coming for macular disease, Optometry Times, October 9, 2020
- Weighing Risks and Benefits for Glaucoma Patients During COVID-19, Michigan Health Lab, October 9, 2020
- COVID-19 Strengthens the Case for Same-Day Bilateral Cataract Surgery, MedScape, October 8, 2020
- HelpMeSee Launches Revolutionary Technology in Response to the Global Cataract Crisis, Yahoo Finance, October 8, 2020
- Is Pink Eye a Symptom of COVID-19?, Los Angeles Times, October 8, 2020
- Imaging the secret lives of immune cells in the eye, Medical Xpress, October 8, 2020
- Flipping protein ‘off switch’ may reverse vision loss, mouse study suggests, Yahoo News, October 7, 2020
- Scientists Discover Traveling Brain Waves That Help Detect Hard-To-See Objects, MD News Daily, October 7, 2020
- A new technology to measure lens stiffness associated with presbyopia, News-Medical.Net, October 6, 2020
- Hearing and Vision Loss Can Accelerate Dementia, WBCK News Talk, October 5, 2020
- Researchers identify process for regenerating neurons in the eye and brain, News ND, October 5, 2020
- Opening Eyes to a Frontier in Vision Restoration, Global Biotech Insights, October 1, 2020
- First-of-its-kind bionic vision system heads for human trials, Medium, October 1, 2020
- Ask the Doctor: Why are the whites of my eyes not very white?, Independent.ie, September 28, 2020
- Moran Eye Center Lab Produces World’s First ‘Pathoconnectome’, EyeWire.News, September 28, 2020
- How is Night Vision Maintained During Retinal Disease? Research Provides New Insight, EyeWire.News, September 24, 2020
- WVU and Pitt team up for laser trial to treat glaucoma, WVU Today, September 24, 2020
- Brain stimulation can reduce the effects of macular degeneration, Optometry Times, September 22, 2020
- Does Wearing Glasses Protect You From Coronavirus?, The New York Times, September 16, 2020
- Eyeing the connection between autism and vision, Spectrum, September 16, 2020
- Real Neurons are Noisy. Can Neural Implants Figure that Out?, Duke Today, September 15, 2020
- Mom who chronicled COVID-19 battle says virus may have given her glaucoma, NY Post, September 10, 2020
- Hungarian Scientist Wins €1 Million Prize For Groundbreaking Research That Could Eventually Restore Sight in Blindness, Good News Network, September 9, 2020
- Doctors could one day diagnose Alzheimer’s with a simple eye exam, Yahoo News, September 2, 2020
- Big Step in Regenerative Medicine, Harvard Medical School, September 1, 2020
- Eye of the Storm: Vision Problems Part of COVID-19’s Collateral Damage, US News and World Report, July 29, 2020
- Eye hospital in ‘cataract drive’ to cut Covid backlog, BBC News, September 17, 2020
- Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye, Futurism.com, September 15, 2020
- Further study needed to link Alzheimer’s, glaucoma, Healio, September 15, 2020
- Covid and diabetic retinopathy link probed, Optician, September 9, 2020
- Seeing the Eye Like Never Before, UW Medicine, September 9, 2020
- You’re not imagining it. Masks can make your eyes feel dry. Here’s what to do, WaPo, September 8, 2020
- Yep, There’s a Link Between Your Cardiovascular and Eye Health, Runner’s World, September 7, 2020
- Big Step in Regenerative Medicine, Harvard Medical School, September 1, 2020
- See What I See: Virtual Reality Eye Disease Experience, NIH NEI, August 24, 2020
- Doctors See Growing Changes in Children’s Eyesight Ahead of Remote Learning, KSN, August 24, 2020
- Dry Eye Disease: Algorithms Come of Age, Healio News, August 18, 2020
- Contact Lenses May Slow Nearsightedness in Children, New York Times, August 17, 2020
- How to Protect Children’s Eyes During Remote Learning, New York Times, August 17, 2020
- Nanoparticles Enhance Gene Therapies for Eye Disease, NewsWise, August 14, 2020
- Could Owl and Crocodilian Tears Lead to a Cure for Your Dry Eyes?, New York Times, August 13, 2020
- 3-D images from Ultrasounds Allow Blind Parents to Feel Their Infant’s Face, Washington Post, August 9, 2020
- Eye of the Storm: Vision Problems Part of COVID-19’s Collateral Damage, U.S. News and World Report, July 29, 2020
- Want to Protect Your Eyes as You Age? Stay Away From Carbs, U.S. News & World Report, July 27, 2020
- Vision Loss in Children Whose Eyesight May Be 20/20 Requires New Diagnostic and Teaching Strategies, NIH NEI, July 14, 2020
- 4 AI Systems Outperforming Medical Experts, Beckers Hospital Review, July 10, 2020
- Most Significant Eye Care Innovation Introduced at Hummelstown Eye Doctor, PennLive, July 8, 2020
- Critical Early Step of the Visual Process Uncovered, Science Daily, July 8, 2020
- Technology Bridges the Gap to Better Sight, New York Times, July 7, 2020
- Exercise May Help Prevent Macular Degeneration in Older Americans, CBS9, July 1, 2020
- Exercise Can Slow or Prevent Vision Loss, UVA Today, June 30, 2020
- Researchers Are Moving Toward Curing Blindness, Inverse, June 29, 2020
- Eye Scanner Reveals Your Biological Age, Futurity, June 21, 2020
- Eye Care Comes Into Focus During Coronavirus, Washington Post, June 21, 2020
- New Research on Marfan Syndrome Focuses on Eyes, NIH NEI, June 12, 2020
- World’s First Spherical Artificial Eye has 3D Retina, Science Daily, June 10, 2020
- Faces, Bodies, Spiders, and Radios: How the Brain Represents Visual Objects, NIH NEI, June 5, 2020
- Vision Screening Device Improves Detection of “Lazy Eye”, NIH NEI, June 3, 2020
- Artificial Eye Has the Potential to Outperform Human Vision, May 28, 2020
- Retinal Texture Could Provide Early Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Diseases, NIH NEI, May 14, 2020
- Is Eye Pain a Symptom of Coronavirus? Google Searches for ‘My Eyes Hurt’ up in Areas With High COVID-19 Rates, NewsWeek, April 9, 2020
- New Drug Treats Thyroid Eye Disease Without Surgery, AAO, February 5, 2020
2019
- Could Eyedrops Replace Reading Glasses, AAO, December 4, 2019
- What Does CRISPR Gene Editing Mean for Eye Care, AAO, October 31, 2019
- Research to Prevent Blindness Grantee Dr. Gregg Semenza Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine, RPB, October 10, 2019
- Stem Cell Treatment for Dry AMD Moves Closer to Human Trials, AAO, April 26, 2019
- Could an Eye Exam Reveal Alzheimer’s Disease, RPB, March 25, 2019
2018
- Cutting-Edge Transplant Restores Veteran’s Sight, AAO, November 16, 2018
- Retina Scan May Give Early Warning of Alzheimer’s Disease, AAO, September 28, 2018
- Blind Boy Sees After Gene Therapy, AAO, May 14, 2018