February is Low Vision Awareness Month
Vision rehabilitation can help people with low vision make the most of their remaining sight and maintain their independence and quality of life.
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration
AMD is the most common reason for vision loss among older adults in the U.S. The disease blurs the sharp, central vision you need for “straight-ahead” activities such as reading, sewing, and driving.
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Summer Internships at the NEI
Attention Students! Spend the summer working with some of the world's leading scientists in an environment devoted to biomedical research. Applications are being accepted now through March 1, 2019.
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NEI News
NIH researchers home in on genes linked to age-related macular degeneration
National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older.
Glaucoma detection gets potential boost from virtual reality, brain-based device
A wearable brain-based device called NGoggle that incorporates virtual reality could help improve glaucoma diagnosis and prevent vision loss.
NIH researchers rescue photoreceptors, prevent blindness in animal models of retinal degeneration
Using a novel patient-specific stem cell-based therapy, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) prevented blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy, the advanced “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of vision loss among people age 65 and ol
NEI: A leader in vision research
Every year, NEI supports vision research through more than 1,500 research grants and training awards to scientists at more than 250 institutions across the country and around the world. NEI also conducts laboratory research and clinical trials.
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Director's Initiatives
The NEI Director’s Initiatives focus on challenging, high-impact areas of vision research. NEI’s current research priorities include: