NEI News
Knights Templar Eye Foundation awards research grant to NEI scientist
Posted on Jun 21, 2018National 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.
NEI funded researchers identify 133 genetic variants that predict glaucoma risk
Posted on May 31, 2018Researchers 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.
NIH researchers develop 'hibernation in a dish' to study how animals adapt to the cold
Posted on May 3, 2018Researchers at the National Eye Institute have discovered cellular mechanisms that help the 13-lined ground squirrel survive hibernation.