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WBH Science Week – Edition 15

December 27, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside New treatment for rare disease may prevent blindness Cure for age related blindness may be on the horizon Novel target to advance treatment of diabetic eye diseases And, about a dozen more articles about the science, medicine of and prevention of blindness Editorial By Chris Hofstader I thought this was an especially interesting… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 15

Filed Under: Science Digest Tagged With: AMD, Cataracts, Childhood Blindness, Diabetes, Glaucoma, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Thyroid Eye Disease

WBH Science Week – Edition 12

December 7, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside Blindness effects two thirds of long term care patients Genetic link discovered in childhood glaucoma Retinal cells may be able to protect themselves from diabetic retinapathy And, about 15 more stories about the science and medicine of blindness Editorial By Chris Hofstader After a couple of slow weeks, this science digest picked up… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 12

Filed Under: News Digest, Science Digest Tagged With: Aging, AMD, Batten's Disease, Diabetes, Genetics, Glaucoma, Implants, Retinitis Pigmentosa

WBH Science Week – Edition 11

November 30, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside Amazon Web Services partners on AI solutions for river blindness Blind people less likely to get good healthcare And, 2 more articles about the science and medicine of blindness and blind people Editorial By Chris Hofstader There's very little I can say about this week's edition of our science digest this week as… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 11

Filed Under: Science Digest Tagged With: AI, Amazon, Cataract, Diabetes, River Blindness

WBH Science Week – Edition 10

November 23, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside Diabetes and its relationship to blindness Lab grown "mini eyes" used in Leber research Blindness strongly associated with cardio-vascular disease And, about ten more articles about the science, medicine and preventing blindness Editorial By Chris Hofstader This was another slow week for news about the science and medicine aspects of blindness. There were… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 10

Filed Under: News Digest Tagged With: Cardiac Disease, Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, Editas Medicine, Lebers, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, Ushers Syndrome

WBH Science Week – Edition 9

November 16, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside Incidents of blindness drop dramatically in India Eating seeds is not the number one cause of blindness Gene therapy can restore night vision after years of congenital blindness And, about a dozen more stories about the science and prevention of blindness Editorial By Chris Hofstader This was about our third consecutive week with… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 9

Filed Under: Science Digest Tagged With: Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, Gene Therapy, Glaucoma, Macula Degeneration, MDA, Retinal Vascular Diseases

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