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From The Labs

Tackling the root cause of treatment resistance in age-related macular degeneration

August 6, 2020 AIBP,  anti-VEGF,  blindness,  cholesterol,  choroidal neovascularization,  macrophages,  macular degeneration,  Research

A novel strategy can potentially address a major challenge to the current treatment for CNV, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly.

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From The Labs

Tracing outlines on the brain triggers shape perception

May 26, 2020 blindness,  Brain Stimulation,  Research,  visual cortex

‘Seeing’ without eyes may one day become a reality for blind people whose eyes or optic nerve, but not the visual cortex of the brain,

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Zooming in on cilia sheds light into blinding diseases

December 17, 2019 Bardet-Biedl syndrome,  blindness,  cilia,  cryoelectron tomography,  Research,  STORM,  vision

Cilia are short hair-like structures found on the surface of most cells. They play important roles in human and animal development and in every day

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From The Labs

Orion shines a light in the dark for the blind

July 11, 2019 blindness,  clinical trial,  Orion device,  Research,  vision

In a dark room inside Baylor College of Medicine, study participants are asked to look at a blacked out computer screen and point to a

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From The Labs

Activating the retina’s ability to restore vision

May 14, 2019 blindness,  Hippo,  Müller glial cells,  Research,  restoring vision loss,  YAP

Damage to the retina can lead to irreparable loss of vision in humans and other mammals because their retinas do not regenerate. That is not

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From The Labs

Mutations in CWC27 result in spectrum of conditions

April 13, 2017 blindness,  craniofacial and skeletal problems,  CWC27,  Genetics,  Retinitis pigmentosa,  spliceosome,  whole exome sequencing

Mingchu Xu searches for genes linked to retinitis pigmentosa, a condition of the retina characterized by progressive development of night blindness and tunnel vision, sometimes from

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Improving the view on the genetic causes of retinitis pigmentosa

January 13, 2017 blindness,  CRISPR/Cas9,  Genetics,  REEP6,  Retinitis pigmentosa,  visula impairment

Progressive development of night blindness and tunnel vision, sometimes from the early age of 2, are trademarks of retinitis pigmentosa. Being the most common inherited

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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