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Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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Medical College of Georgia scientists work to protect the vision of premature babies

April 21, 2023

Augusta University scientists have found a new target and drug that together appear to stop retinopathy of prematurity.
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Bharti appointed director of National Eye Institute Intramural Research Program

April 19, 2023

The National Eye Institute (NEI) has tapped Kapil Bharti, Ph.D., to be the next scientific director of its intramural research program.
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University of Houston researcher builds new model to examine Usher syndrome

April 18, 2023

Syndrome is a leading cause of combined deafness-blindness
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Reading and visual health

April 5, 2023

Researchers at the State University of New York help explain how reading might contribute to myopia.

Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related macular degeneration

April 1, 2023

A study from the National Eye Institute (NEI) identified rare genetic variants that could point to one of the general mechanisms driving age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of vision loss in older adults.
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Congressman Pete Sessions visits NIH

March 31, 2023

Texas Congressman Pete Sessions visited the NIH March 27 to meet with NEI Director Michael F. Chiang, M.D., and to tour NEI’s Section on Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research, led by Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.
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FDA-approved drug shows promise in lab models for blinding childhood disease 

March 29, 2023

A National Eye Institute-led team has identified a compound already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that keeps light-sensitive photoreceptors alive in three models of Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 (LCA 10).
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Early study shows cones in retinal degeneration, thought to be dormant, may retain visual function

March 27, 2023

New UCLA research in mice suggests that “dormant” cone photoreceptors in the degenerating retina are not dormant at all, but continue to function, producing responses to light and driving retinal activity for vision.
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Tiny nanoparticle could have big impact on patients receiving corneal transplants

March 24, 2023

Using nanoparticles to encapsulate eye medication decreased graft rejection while requiring fewer and smaller doses.
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Night vision tests in age-related macular degeneration precisely localize disease mechanisms

March 17, 2023

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham discovered that night vision tests at a specific location in the retina will be suitable for assessing treatments and preventions for AMD.

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