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Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, NIH-led mouse study shows
Posted on Jun 17, 2019A new study shows that the complement system, part of the innate immune system, plays a protective role to slow retinal degeneration in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease.
Children’s brains reorganize after epilepsy surgery to retain visual perception
Posted on Jun 4, 2019Children can keep full visual perception – the ability to process and understand visual information – after brain surgery for severe epilepsy, according to a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Watchful waiting reasonable for patients with diabetic macular edema and good vision
Posted on Apr 29, 2019People with good vision despite having center-involved diabetic macular edema can safely forego immediate treatment of their eye condition as long as they are closely monitored, and treatment begins promptly if vision worsens, according to clinical trial results.