NEI News
NIH-funded researchers reverse congenital blindness in mice
Posted on Aug 15, 2018Researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) have reversed congenital blindness in mice by changing supportive cells in the retina called Müller glia into rod photoreceptors.
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.