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Discovery in monkeys could lead to treatment for blindness causing syndrome

October 25, 2019

Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU reports first-ever nonhuman primate model for Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
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Treatment for common vision disorder does not improve children’s reading skills

October 23, 2019

Results from a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) show that while vision therapy can successfully treat convergence insufficiency (CI) in children, it fails to improve their reading test scores.
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Novel technique helps explain why bright light keeps us awake

October 15, 2019

Researchers at the Salk Institute and UC San Diego discover a way to make electron microscopy more detailed and precise by visualizing the activation of brain circuits over long distances
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Last updated: July 2019