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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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Eye conditions provide new lens for screening for Alzheimer’s

Researchers from the University of Washington find link between certain eye conditions and the risk for Alzheimer's disease.
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Immune Response Likely Culprit in Eyelid Gland Condition That Causes Dry Eye

Mouse, human data suggest inflammation tips immune response, which disrupts oil glands.
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Gene regulator may contribute to protein pileup in exfoliation glaucoma

Scientists have evidence that variants of the same gene that enables us to make connective tissue by crosslinking proteins is associated with unusual glaucoma.
James Golladay and Aman George hold up grant award check

Knights Templar Eye Foundation awards research grant to NEI scientist

National Eye Institute (NEI) Postdoctoral Fellow Aman George, Ph.D., has received a $65,000 grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation to identify new drug treatments for vision impairment in children with a type of albinism.
Glaucoma causes the loss of peripheral vision. This photo shows two boys in the center surrounded by blackness to depict the tunnel vision that can occur as the disease progresses.

NEI funded researchers identify 133 genetic variants that predict glaucoma risk

Researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified 133 genetic variants that predict with 75-percent accuracy a person’s risk for developing glaucoma related to elevated pressure within the eye.
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Insight to the Eye Lens

U. Delaware's Salil Lachke identifies new mechanism essential for eye lens development.
Ground squirrel curled up in a nest

NIH researchers develop 'hibernation in a dish' to study how animals adapt to the cold

Researchers at the National Eye Institute have discovered cellular mechanisms that help the 13-lined ground squirrel survive hibernation.
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Butterfly Wings Inspire Light-Manipulating Surface for Medical Implants

Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective and longer-lasting.
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Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements taken orally proved no better than placebo at relieving symptoms or signs of dry eye, according to the findings of a well-controlled trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health

Immune cells in the retina can spontaneously regenerate

Immune cells called microglia can completely repopulate themselves in the retina after being nearly eliminated, according to a new study in mice from scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI).

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