News from NEI http://www.nei.nih.gov/ News updates from the National Eye Institute en-us Eye Research Book recounts history of the NEI http://www.nei.nih.gov/neihistory/kupfer_book.asp?nav=rss Carl Kupfer, M.D., and Edward McManus have been a team since 1973-Kupfer's third year as the first director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and McManus's first year as NEI executive officer.

]]> News and Events Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:4:19 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 22 SCORE Study Results http://www.nei.nih.gov/score/?nav=rss Retinal vein occlusion is a condition in which a blood clot slows or stops circulation in a vein within the eye's light-sensitive retinal tissue. If this condition occurs in a large vein, it is known as central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). If it occurs in a smaller vein, the condition is known as branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

]]> News and Events Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:53:30 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 21 Recognition and thanks to M. Velma Dobson Long time NEI Grantee http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/briefs/dobson.asp?nav=rss The NEI recently presented an award to Dr. Velma Dobson for her outstanding contributions to the field of infant and child vision research and for her distinguished service to the NEI.

]]> News and Events Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:37:44 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 20 Gene Therapy One Year Later: Patients Healthy and Maintain Early Visual Improvement http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/081209.asp?nav=rss Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an August online report in Human Gene Therapy. One patient also noticed a visual improvement that helped her perform daily tasks, which scientists describe in an Aug. 13 letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine.

]]> News and Events Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:36:25 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 19 National Advisory Eye Council Welcomes Four New Members http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/080309.asp?nav=rss The National Advisory Eye Council for the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces the appointment of four new members: Joseph A. Bonanno, O.D., Ph.D.; James Chodosh, M.D., M.P.H.; Col. Donald A. Gagliano, M.D.; and Alberta L. Orr, M.S.W.

]]> News and Events Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:13:29 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 18 Statement by Dr. Paul A. Sieving, National Eye Institute Director, on the Nomination of Dr. Francis Collins to the Position of NIH Director http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/statements/nomination.asp?nav=rss I am pleased that President Obama has chosen to nominate Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to be the next NIH director. As a clinician-scientist with medical genetics expertise, Dr. Collins possesses a keen understanding of the need for science, policy and public health to align to improve lives of people affected by inherited diseases, including those related to vision.

]]> News and Events Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:26:4 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 17 Eye on NEI http://www.nei.nih.goveyeonnei?nav=rss The National Eye Institute's online news magazine. July 2009

]]> Highlights Mon, 6 Jul 2009 8:45:33 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 16 Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers! http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/briefs/experiences.asp?nav=rss The NIH is providing opportunities for funding to grantee institutions to support summer research experiences for students and teachers across the country.

]]> News and Events Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:10:16 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 15 Eye on NEI http://www.nei.nih.gov/eyeonnei/?nav=rss The National Eye Institute's online news magazine.

]]> Highlights Mon, 8 Jun 2009 8:42:54 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 14 World Glaucoma Day 2009 http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/statements/wgd2009.asp?nav=rss On the second annual World Glaucoma Day, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins with groups around the globe to recognize this blinding visual condition as a scientific research priority and a public health concern. We at NEI reaffirm our commitment to support research that will identify glaucoma risk factors and lead to treatments that will prevent vision loss and blindness.

]]> News and Events Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:32:58 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 13 From Outer Space to the Eye Clinic: New Cataract Early Detection Technique--Patients and Astronauts Benefit from NEI-NASA Collaboration http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/010809.asp?nav=rss A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

]]> News and Events Thu, 8 Jan 2009 9:33:41 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 12 National Eye Health Education Program Names New Planning Committee Chair http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/121508.asp?nav=rss Anne L. Coleman, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) Planning Committee. Dr. Coleman, who is professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology/Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, also serves as director of the Center for Eye Epidemiology at UCLAs Jules Stein Eye Institute.

]]> News and Events Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:3:40 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 11 Neuroscience and the National Eye Institute: Vision Research Presentations at Neuroscience 2008 http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/111208.asp?nav=rss Researchers supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as researchers working on-site at NEI will present recent advances in vision science at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Topics will include stem cells, visual processing and vision's role in decision making.

]]> News and Events Thu, 13 Nov 2008 9:8:6 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 10 NEI Releases Complete Data from Age-Related Eye Disease Study http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/111008.asp?nav=rss The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the release of more than 10 years of data collected during the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which looked at the progression of age-related macular degeneration and age-related cataract in 4,757 adults aged 55 to 80.

]]> News and Events Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:10:43 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 9 More Effective Treatment Identified for Common Childhood Vision Disorder http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/101308.asp?nav=rss Scientists have found a more effective treatment for a common childhood eye muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency (CI). For words on a page to appear in focus a childs eyes must turn inward, or converge. In CI, the eyes do not converge easily, and as a result, additional muscular effort must be used to make the eyes turn in.

]]> News and Events Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:46:58 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 8 Promising Results in Phase 1 Gene Therapy Trial for Blinding Disease http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/092308.asp?nav=rss Three young adults with an inherited form of blindness showed evidence of improved day and night vision following a specialized gene transfer procedure in a phase 1 clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health. In addition no adverse effects from the therapy were reported. These findings are reported online in the Sept. 22 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in the Sept. 7 issue of Human Gene Therapy. These new reports extend the findings of two other papers published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine.

]]> News and Events Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:27:27 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 7 Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results of Gene Transfer for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Reported http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/statements/leber1.asp?nav=rss Three young adults with Leber Congenital Amaurosis-a severe degenerative disease of the retina caused by a mutation in the RPE65 gene-reported improvements in vision after undergoing a specialized gene transfer procedure.

]]> News and Events Thu, 11 Sep 2008 9:32:20 EST http://www.nei.nih.gov RSS 4 Older Treatment May Be More Effective in Preserving Sight for Some Patients with Diabetes New Drug Treatment Not as Successful and had More Side Effects than Laser Treatment http://www.nei.nih.gov/news/pressreleases/072908.asp?nav=rss A promising new drug therapy used to treat abnormal swelling in the eye-a condition called diabetic macular edema-proved less effective than traditional laser treatments in a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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