Archive for the ‘Medicine’ Category

I wrote about the study going on testing the efficacy of an oral medication designed to treat LCA back in March.
Surprisingly, they’re already reporting good news! Apparently three subjects were able to report improvement in visual acuity only seven days after taking the pill!
How exciting!

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There’s still a lot of work being done on electronic retinal implants designed to take the place of a damaged retina. The basic idea is that the electronic retina will pick up the light signals that the damaged retina can longer receive and send the signals back to the brain via the optic nerve.
There’s another [...]

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the US and affects as many as 1 in 10 of adults over 80 years old.
There is no cure for the disease, but researchers have many tools in their arsenal, from stem cell therapy to blocking molecular growth. Because AMD affects the retina, this [...]