Sentences with phrase «many eye diseases»

• Kala Pharmaceuticals, a Waltham, Mass. - based biotech focused on treating eye diseases with nanoparticles, filed for an $ 86 million IPO Friday.

• Kala Pharmaceuticals, a Waltham, Mass. - based biotech focused on treating eye diseases with nanoparticles, raised $ 90 million in an offering of 6 million shares for $ 15 a piece.

• Silk Technologies Ltd, a Plymouth, Minn. - based biotech company that uses silk protein to develop drugs that treat eye disease, raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount from Skyview Ventures.

Around the same time, the so - called Health Wagon began traversing rural Appalachia, offering screening for diabetes - related eye disease to malnourished mountain dwellers.

They also suggested that the drink could help prevent chronic disease and eye disease, and it could promote healthy joins and «optimal immune function.»

Organizations such as the Canadian Association of Optometrists say only doctors should be responsible for issuing medical aides (which it believes glasses and contacts are), and have expressed concern this change will lead to people skipping eye exams, which could delay the diagnosis of serious eye disease.

@a person of the name When I was a youngster, I was friends with a fellow who suffered from a degenerative eye disease.

Let us suppose that two men have an eye disease, and one of them submits to the cure and takes whatever medical science advises, even if it is disagreeable, while the other not only does not accept any advice from the doctor, but also lives intemperately.

But through his research zeal he brought help to millions who suffer with eye disease.

Coriander spice gives flavor to a range of dishes, but did you know that its antioxidant content may help prevent some cancers and eye disease?

Red bell peppers help fight off free radical cells and help prevent inflammation in the body as well as eye disease.

Among all the therapeutic options for dry eye disease, artificial tears are still the mainstay in the initial management of a dry eye patient.

Citrus juices may protect against common chronic diseases such as cancer, degenerative eye disease, and cognitive conditions [2].

Spinach - A very nutrient - dense food - Loaded with flavonoids which act as antioxidants, protecting the body from free radicals - Helps keep the heart healthy - May slow the age - related decline in brain function - Its lutein protects against eye diseases such as age - related cataracts and macular degeneration

Through his efforts at General Hospital the eye clinic was modernized and an eye disease diagnosis service established.

These contain carotenoid pigments, critical for macular function, and can be helpful in preventing eye disease.

An eye exam may be necessary if you have a family history of eye diseases or vision problems.

Ophthalmology (New England Eye Center) at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center specializes in the testing and treatment of all types of eye diseases and visual problems.

This screening test is to check for signs of diabetic eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy.

Ninety per cent of cases of sight loss could have been avoided if diabetic eye disease had been identified early enough and treated appropriately.

People with Type 2 diabetes who have trouble sleeping are more at risk of eye disease, foot problems and amputation according to two new studies.

More than half a million ¹ people with diabetes in England are at increased risk of blindness because they have not received retinal screening2, an essential annual check which tests for eye disease (diabetic retinopathy).

Google's DeepMind will train AI to spot eye disease using NHS data.

Researchers performed liquid biopsies: A small amount of intraocular fluid was extracted from eight eyes of members of the same family at various stages of NIV and, as a control, four eyes with a noninflammatory eye disease.

Demonstrating the potential of precision health, a team led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine has matched existing drugs to errant proteins expressed by patients with a rare eye disease.

Mice with this eye disease, which damages the optic nerve and causes vision loss, have higher levels of the immune molecule, which accumulates at retinal synapses before the neurons die.

«Gene - delivery system prevents vision loss from inherited eye disease: Initial testing in animal models holds promise for treating Leber congenital amauroisis and other congenital visual disorders.»

AI algorithms to diagnose other eye diseases are in the works, too.

«While we do not know the exact role of sunlight in several eye diseases, we now have a biomarker (iris freckles) indicating high amounts of chronic sunlight exposure,» says author Christoph Schwab, MD, ophthalmologist at the Medical University of Graz, Austria.

Previous research had shown that certain eye diseases could cause a similar disruption to the blood - ocular barrier, which does for the eye what the blood - brain barrier does for the brain.

While not malignant, eye freckles could indicate the presence or risk of sunlight - triggered eye diseases like cataract or macular degeneration.

«Trained evaluators can screen for premie eye disease from miles away.»

... Moreover, the early detection of disabling eye diseases is suboptimal in the U.S. health care system, leading to otherwise preventable VI.

Eighteen adults with severe eye disease who were among the first people to receive transplants created from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) continue to have no apparent complications with the introduced cells after an average of nearly 2 years, according to the latest status report on their health.

The trillions of bacteria that live in our intestines, known collectively as the gut microbiome, have been linked to maladies from eye disease to rheumatoid arthritis.

In people with severe eye disease, transplants made from embryonic stem cells (in region of black dotted circle) appear safe, and became larger and more pigmented over time (right).

This artificial eye surface could help researchers study dry eye disease, a condition that affects an estimated 16 million adults in the United States.

Nevertheless, the outcome may pave the way for transplants of stem cell — derived eye cells called photoreceptors, which could dramatically improve vision in people with eye disease if all goes according to plan.

Huh's team could give the organ the symptoms of dry eye disease by making it blink less frequently, so the device could be used to test the safety and effectiveness of new eye drop medications.

This synthetic eye could be used to study and test treatments for eye diseases, researchers reported February 16 in a news conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

«Only about half of all people with diabetes get an annual comprehensive dilated eye exam, which is essential for detecting diabetic eye disease early, when it is most treatable,» said NEI Director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D..

The downside is that people with these eye diseases are losing sight in large part because they're losing a different type of eye cell: the photoreceptors that sense light in the retina.

Earlier this month, a network of researchers supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI) found that the drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) can be highly effective for treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can occur as a complication of diabetes.

Dr. Ianchulev noted that the microdosing approach could eventually be used to treat a wide variety of eye diseases and conditions, such as dry eye, allergic eye disease, and infections.

BABY BLUE Using human eye cells, researchers fashioned an artificial eye surface that could be used to study and test treatments for eye diseases.

LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that destroys vision by killing photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina at the back of the eye.

«New blindness prevention methods in diabetic eye disease.»

After all, screening people at high risk of developing the chronic eye disease had been common practice for decades.

Doctors in those jurisdictions may prescribe cannabis to treat or manage ailments ranging from glaucoma — an eye disease in which the optic nerve is damaged — to menstrual cramps.

«It's fantastic news that they are going into the clinic with a cell therapy for eye disease,» says Pete Coffey of University College London, and head of a team developing tiny «patches» of RPEs for treating age - related macular degeneration.