Sentences with word «scleral»

Although regular contact lenses can actually cause dry eye if worn over the long - term, special contact lenses called scleral lenses or bandage lenses can fix the problem by protecting the surface of the eye and keeping moisture from seeping away.

Schmitz is currently making detailed measurements, but a quick look at Archaeopteryx fossils reveals that it had wide scleral rings and deep eye sockets, says Derek Yalden at the University of Manchester.

Scleral contact lenses lower the rate of transplant surgery in patients with severe keratoconus, according to this retrospective analysis.

Suspensions of hNPCctx or hNPCctx - GDNF containing about 2 × 104 cells were delivered into the subretinal space of one eye through a small scleral incision as a suspension in 2 µl of DMEM / F12 medium (Invitrogen) using a fine glass pipette (internal diameter 75 — 150 µm) attached by tubing to a 10 µl Hamilton syringe.

Ian Pitha, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD Funded by Dr. James and Elizabeth Wise Project: Neuroprotection through Altered Scleral Biomechanics

In addition, we have developed long - lasting, drug releasing microparticles to prevent scleral remodeling in glaucoma.

This allergic reaction is a LOCAL reaction and can result in many complications such as iris and pupil adhesions, chronic scleral redness.

Scleral injection and conjunctivitis — redness to the whites of the eyes (sclera) or tissue lining the eyelids (conjunctiva)

Know The Breed to Diagnose Corneal and Scleral Diseases In Dogs.

The Dry Eye Digest About Blog A dry eye and scleral lens news and opinion blog by Rebecca Petris.

Each bird pupil is surrounded by a ring of bony segments called the scleral ring.

BrdU staining (using alkaline phosphatase bound secondary antibody) was performed on whole corneas plus scleral rims exposed to BrdU antibodies on the endothelial side whereas BrdU fluorescence (using fluorescein bound secondary antibody) was obtained from transverse sections of the these tissues by the same procedure.

Fibroblasts exposed to losartan are prevented from becoming «activated» and remodeling the scleral tissue.

A scleral coloboma indicates the presence of an abnormally thin region of sclera; this condition is known as scleral ectasia.

About Blog A dry eye and scleral lens news and opinion blog by Rebecca Petris.