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Aug. 17, 2021 —A new study finds that mothers who have diabetes before or during their pregnancy are more likely to have children who go on to develop eye ...
Mar. 6, 2021 —A meta-analysis finds that vision impairment and blindness are tied to an increased risk of mortality, prompting the need to address global eye health ...
Dec. 7, 2020 —Researchers say eye care accessibility around the globe isn't keeping up with an aging population, posing challenges for eye care professionals over the next 30 ...
Mar. 23, 2022 —Researchers have identified a gene necessary for the survival of retinal ganglion cells -- a class of neurons located in the retina that are critical for ...
Feb. 25, 2021 —Eye conditions that do not cause vision impairment but have economic and social consequences represent a serious and growing challenge for public health services ...
Sep. 2, 2020 —Retinitis pigmentosa is the most prevalent form of congenital blindness. Using a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model, researchers have now shown that targeted activation of genes of similar function can ...
Mar. 7, 2022 —People with congenital heart defects who were hospitalized with COVID-19 were up to twice as likely to suffer severe illness or death from the virus compared to people who were not born with a heart ...
Dec. 2, 2020 —A new global study has found no significant reduction in the number of people with treatable sight loss since ...
Mar. 16, 2021 —Researchers have identified an additional seven regions in the human genome that increase the risk of developing MacTel (macular telangiectasia type 2), including a rare DNA mutation in the PHGDH ...
Feb. 5, 2021 —Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or CLN3-Batten disease. New research shows how the mutation associated with the ...