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JHU Biologists Identify New Neural Pathway in Eyes that Aids in Vision

May 21, 2014

A type of retina cell plays a more critical role in vision than previously known, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers has discovered.

From left to right: Drs. Miriam and Frederick Ferris, Dr. Emily Chew, Keller Johnson-Thompson, who is the great-grandniece of Helen Keller, and Dr. Robert Murphy, who is Dr. Chew's husband.

NEI's Ferris and Chew receive Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research

May 13, 2014

Frederick L. Ferris III, M.D., and Emily Y. Chew, M.D., who are director and deputy director of the NEI Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, have received the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research.

On the left is a normal optic nerve (light circle at center) and on the right is the optic nerve swelling seen in IIH. Courtesy of Dr. Michael Wall, University of Iowa.

Glaucoma Drug Helps Women with Blinding Disorder Linked to Obesity

April 22, 2014

An inexpensive glaucoma drug, when added to a weight loss plan, can improve vision for women with a disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

IU School of Optometry study: New technique detects microscopic diabetes-related eye damage

April 17, 2014

Indiana University researchers have detected new early-warning signs of the potential loss of sight associated with diabetes. This discovery could have far-reaching implications for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

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NEI announces funding for new imaging technology to support Audacious Goal

April 8, 2014

The National Eye Institute has announced a funding opportunity for imaging cells and tissues of the visual system.

Seto Named NEI Deputy Director

April 7, 2014

Dr. Belinda Seto joined the National Eye Institute (NEI) as its deputy director on April 7, 2014.

An experimental contact lens design releases a glaucoma medicine at a steady rate for up to a month. Credit: Peter Mallen, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Laboratory/Kohane Laboratory, Boston Children's Hospital.

Contacts better than permanent lenses for babies after cataract surgery

March 6, 2014

For adults and children who undergo cataract surgery, implantation of an artificial lens is the standard of care.

Motion-Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain ‘Know’ About Directional Changes

March 3, 2014

Biologists at UC San Diego discovered that the ability of our brains to figure out and process directional movements is a result of the activation in the cortex of signals that originate from the direction-sensing cells in the retina.

In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view

February 24, 2014

The unusual arrangement of cells in a chicken's eye constitutes the first known biological occurrence of a potentially new state of matter known as “disordered hyperuniformity,” according to researchers.