NEWS RELEASE 2-JUL-2024 Study in mice focuses on ‘wet’ form of the eye disease Peer-Reviewed PublicationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study in mice hints at the promise of an eventual alternative treatment option for the “wet” version of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researchers determined in mice that an enzyme related to cell...
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eSight 4 Vision Assistive Glasses Unveiled
MEDGADGET EDITORS eSight, a company based in Toronto, Canada, is releasing the latest version of its vision-improving electronic glasses for people with poor eyesight and even legal blindness. The eSight 4 sports two 1280×960 screens that display images captured and processed from the forward facing camera on the glasses. It’s indicated for people with all...
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Researchers devise approach to treat rare, incurable form of blindness
by University of Wisconsin-Madison Best vitelliform macular degeneration, or Best disease, is an inherited eye condition that typically leads to blindness over the course of a few decades. The disease can be caused by more than two hundred mutations in the BEST1 gene. The researchers were able to correct the disease in stem cells from...