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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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Navigating "Neuralville": Virtual town helps map brain functions

Using a virtual town, psychologists at Emory University have found that the human brain uses three distinct systems to perceive our environment.
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Opioid prescriptions filled after eye surgery doubled from 2000 to 2014

A study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests efforts in the past decade to reduce the invasiveness and recovery time for ocular procedures have not impacted opioid use.
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Nano-sized solution for efficient and versatile CRISPR gene editing

CRISPR gene-editing technology holds tremendous promise for treating or curing a wide range of devastating disorders, including vision loss.
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Success of gene therapy for a form of inherited blindness depends on timing

Using a canine model of the vision disorder Leber congenital amaurosis, Penn researchers found that photoreceptor cells continue to deteriorate after treatment if it is given too late.
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Innovative technique for labeling and mapping inhibitory neurons reveals diverse tuning profile

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience uncovered a diverse palette of inhibition within layer 2/3 of the visual cortex, suggestive of a more complex functional connectivity that may allow for enhanced flexibility of...
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Machine learning increases resolution of eye imaging technology

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for increasing the resolution of optical coherence tomography (OCT) down to a single micrometer scale in all directions.
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Researchers identify key areas of measles virus polymerase to target for antiviral drug development

Targeting specific areas of the measles virus polymerase, a protein complex that copies the viral genome, can effectively fight the measles virus and be used as an approach to developing new antiviral drugs to treat the serious infectious disease...
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Penn Engineering’s blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing

People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry, and, if those conditions are severe enough, they may eventually develop dry eye disease (DED).
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Eye exam: Can specific types of light prevent or slow myopia?

With a $1.8 million research grant sponsored by the National Eye Institute, UH optometrist Lisa Ostrin is examining why an ever-increasing number of youngsters need glasses.
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Disruption of glucose transport to rods and cones shown to cause vision loss in retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a common hereditary eye disorder that leads to the gradual deterioration of rod cells causing reduced peripheral vision and night vision. Subsequent loss of cone photoreceptors cause the loss of high-resolution daylight...

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