(PLL) The Chinese Crested can also have at least two forms of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) which can eventually
lead to blindness as well.
Not exact matches
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a
leading global health organization that reduces
blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort
to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice
as a potential tool
to reduce vitamin A deficiency.
This was marketed
as «ideal for delicate infants»,
leading to rickets,
blindness and death.
Diabetes is a serious condition, which if left untreated can
lead to life threatening complications such
as heart disease, stroke, lower limb amputation and
blindness.
If diabetes is not well managed, it can
lead to serious and life threatening complications such
as heart and kidney disease, stroke, amputation and
blindness.
«Prediabetes is often a pre-cursor
to Type 2 diabetes which can
lead to a shortened life expectancy and devastating complications such
as heart disease, stroke,
blindness, kidney failure and amputation.
Though this research focused on the form of the disease called Leber congenital amaurosis 2, or LCA2, the scientists and engineers involved in the study believe the technology holds promise for other forms of LCA
as well
as other inherited diseases that
lead to severe vision loss or
blindness.
«Uncorrected refractive error continues
as the
leading cause of vision impairment and the second
leading cause of
blindness worldwide,» according
to the article by Kovin Naidoo, OD, PhD, of Brien Holden Vision Institute, Durban, South Africa, and colleagues.
As RPEs help
to maintain and support adjacent photoreceptor cells which capture light, their loss
leads to blindness.
In healthy individuals HCMV establishes lifelong latency, but in immunocompromised patients, viral reactivation can
lead to severe clinical symptoms, such
as disseminated viral infection,
blindness and potentially cancer.
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear have, for the first time, identified rapidly proliferating cells (known
as «neural crest - derived progenitor cells») in the corneal endothelium of specimens from normal corneas and from corneas with Fuchs» Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a condition in which the cells responsible for keeping the cornea clear die prematurely — often
leading to blindness.
Many diseases that
lead to blindness, such
as glaucoma and macular degeneration, are caused by the death of certain cells in the human retina that lack the ability
to regenerate.
Researchers report that kittens with the disorder, a visual impairment medically known
as amblyopia that
leads to poor sight or
blindness in one eye, can completely recover their vision by simply spending 10 days in total darkness.
Loss of, or diminished, retinal DHA
leads to visual impairment and may play an important role in the development of
blindness from retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal degenerative diseases,
as well
as age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the foremost cause of
blindness in people older than 50 years.
If diabetes isn't treated, it can
lead to serious health issues such
as heart disease,
blindness and kidney problems.
Defects in mitochondrial DNA
lead to devastating genetic diseases, with such symptoms
as brain abnormalities, severe fatigue,
blindness or defective heart function — and can be fatal.
These findings suggest that RPE cells, derived from iPS cells, could be used
to treat
blindness in humans, such
as blindness caused by age - related macular degeneration, a
leading cause of
blindness in the Western world.
KENILWORTH, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known
as MSD outside the United States and Canada, proudly congratulates William C. Campbell, a retired scientist from Merck Research Laboratories, who was jointly named the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine with Satoshi Omura for the discovery of avermectin, which
led to Merck's development of Mectizan (ivermectin), a treatment for river
blindness (also known
as onchocerciasis) in Africa, Latin America and Yemen.
Rubella
led to various birth defects including
blindness, deafness and severe mental retardation
as well
as miscarriages and stillbirths across Europe and the U.S. in the 1960s.
Vitamin E deficiency secondary
to abetalipoproteinemia causes such problems
as poor transmission of nerve impulses, muscle weakness, and retinal degeneration that
leads to blindness [15].
Prof. Balakrishnan who
leads the centre of excellence on tactile graphics at IIT Delhi introduced accessible materials for teaching subjects such
as Science and Mathematics
to people with
blindness.
Anti-inflammatory drops are necessary for the remainder of the dog's life
to prevent conditions such
as a detached retina or glaucoma a condition where pressure increases within the eye often
leading to blindness and eventual removal of the eye.
Large or dilated pupils could be a symptom of glaucoma, or other vision problems such
as progressive retinal atrophy which can
lead to permanent
blindness.
Basset hounds are in general healthy, but they are prone
to some genetic diseases, such
as von Willebrands (a bleeding disorder), Thrombopathia, (a blood coagulation disorder), glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye
leading to blindness), or disk rupture and other spinal problems.
This condition usually begins with night
blindness in younger dogs, but
as their vision deteriorates it can
lead to blindness.
The warning signs of diabetes should be taken seriously,
as diabetes is a complex condition that may
lead to blindness if left untreated.
PRA
leads to blindness, so it is important
to only pick a puppy from a litter with parents that have been tested
as clear from the disease.
Both types of combat injure specific body parts,
leading to crippling effects such
as blindness, but V.A.T.S. allows for greater precision when doing so.
This type of diabetes is a chronic condition and if not treated properly or
as soon
as possible it could
lead to other medical issues, including blood vessel disease, heart disease,
as well
as a higher risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, kidney damage, nerve damage,
blindness, osteoporosis, hearing problems, oral conditions, and skin conditions.
Failure
to do this can
lead to complications that go so far
as blindness, heart problems, kidney disease, and the loss of vital limbs.