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Like Dogs, Like Humans? Day Blindness In The Wirehaired Dachshund - Mar 16, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The most common form of retinal degeneration in people is that collectively called retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which is caused by an initial regression of
StemCells Announces 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results - Mar 14, 2008
Earthtimes,Published studies have shown that in a well established animal model of retinal degeneration, the Royal College of Surgeons Rat Model, human neural stem
Macular Degeneration - Mar 18, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),The researchers found that as rodents lacking CD36 aged, they developed retinal degeneration and choroidal involution, or shrinkage.
Eye Disease In Dogs Newly Identified - Mar 4, 2008
Science Daily (press release)IMR is very similar to a previously known malady called Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome or SARDS. Both diseases occur when the dog produces
Eyes have it - Feb 26, 2008
Toronto Star,...the scavenger receptor – a cell surface protein that cleans up waste materials in the body – responsible for the retinal degeneration seen in dry AMD.
StemCells loss grows San Francisco Business Times - Mar 14, 2008
Bizjournals.com,It is testing treatments for Batten disease and retinal degeneration. In the fourth quarter StemCells lost $7.8 million on revenue of $30000.
OU, Beaumont plan gathering on stem cells - Mar 12, 2008
MLive.com,The university and hospital system have ongoing joint research projects using stem cells to develop therapies for retinal degeneration, urinary control and
Yale scientist honored for academic innovation and leadership - Feb 25, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),...focuses her research on developing new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of spinal cord injury and retinal degeneration.
Woman overcomes blindness through education, enthusiasm - Feb 28, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,In 1995, Cody was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a category of inherited diseases that cause retinal degeneration, and she began losing her eyesight.
Family adapts to beloved dog's blindness - Feb 28, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,The 11-pound poodle was diagnosed with SARDS -- Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome -- Michelle explains. "They said, 'Your dog's blind,' and I
Alternative Media Center offers resources to students with ... - Feb 26, 2008
The Spartan Daily,...adding that he graduated last year and had retinitis pigmentosa, which is retinal degeneration where a person gradually loses his or her vision.
Vision Loss Treatment For Age-related Macular Degeneration Looks ... - 20 Feb 2008
Science Daily (press release)Pediatrics and School of Optometry, used mice and rat models to pinpoint the scavenger receptor responsible for retinal degeneration typical of dry AMD.
StemCells to work with Casey Eye Institute on blindness - Jan 24, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa are the most common forms of retinal degeneration, which is a leading cause of blindness.
StemCells, Inc. Enters Research Collaboration with Casey Eye Institute - Jan 24, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Published studies have shown that in a well established animal model of retinal degeneration, known as the Royal College of Surgeons Rat Model, human neural
Eye implant study gets funding help - Jan 26, 2008
Detroit Free Press,A study of the drugs that shows they significantly slow retinal degeneration in rats appears in the January issue of the journal Investigative Ophthalmology
StemCells Employs Casey Eye Institute to Test Neural Stem Cell ... - Jan 24, 2008
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Science University Casey Eye Institute to evaluate its purified human neural stem cell candidate, HuCNS-SC®, as a treatment for retinal degeneration.
Cell researcher receives three-year fellowship to encourage young ... - Feb 13, 2008
Dartmouth News,...has grown in response to findings in the past decade linking cilia development to such disorders as retinal degeneration and polycystic kidney disease.
In addition to a toy, kids' meals come with a sodium wallop - Jan 29, 2008
National Post,...risk factor for all kinds of diseases, not just strokes, but heart disease, kidney failure, retinal degeneration-- I can go on and on," Hakim says.
Biotech News Day (February 4, 2008) (AMAG, AOB, AMGN, CELG, MNTA ... - Feb 4, 2008
24/7 Wall St.,Eye Institute to study their leading product candidate, HuCNS-SC, a probable treatment for retinal degeneration which is a leading cause of blindness.
Scholarships awarded to Edison fair winners - Jan 30, 2008
The News-Press,She took adult bone marrow stem cells from mice and put them back in to successfully treat them for retinal degeneration. "I changed them into cells of the
Statement of Dr. Paul A. Sieving on the Passing of Dr. Murial ... - Jan 25, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),For much of her 30-year career, Dr. Kaiser-Kupfer focused on gyrate atrophy, which causes retinal degeneration and resulting visual disability by the age of
Peabody launches podcasts with interviews, event highlights - Jan 22, 2008
Johns Hopkins Gazette,7 obituary for Ruben Adler, director of the Retinal Degeneration Center, gave his incorrect age. He was 67. In addition, his survivors include a sister,
When straight lines appear wavy - Dec 6, 2007
Health24.com,Retinal degeneration diseases, like retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration, are inherited and affect over four million people worldwide.
Blindness-causing gene mutation identified in Yemenite Jews - Dec 2, 2007
Jerusalem Post,It is the most common cause of hereditary retinal degeneration. The prevalence of the mutation in the world is one-in-3500 individuals.
The tug of war over stem cell research - Dec 27, 2007
Napa Valley Register,Pending testing in the next few years, he said, the treatments could be used to treat people with Type 1 diabetes, retinal degeneration and eventually even
An eventful Eid - Dec 26, 2007
The News - International,He was reported to be suffering a loss of vision due to retinal degeneration, as well as other health complications, and doctors at the jail had recommended
Digby woman’s human rights gripe against former boss dismissed - Dec 1, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,Ms. Davis has macular-retinal degeneration, it says. The Canadian Medical Association says macular degeneration is "a progressive disorder that affects the
Trials and tribulations of activism - Dec 17, 2007
The News - International,Instead of being released, he was taken to Zhob Jail in a far flung area in Balochistan where he is currently suffering from retinal degeneration (danger of
Emory To Provide Innovative Implant to Patients with Retinitis ... - Dec 8, 2007
WebWire (press release),RP is an inherited retinal degeneration in which the patient gradually loses peripheral vision over a period of years. The disease affects both eyes.
University of Colorado Solves the Structure of a Neuronal Calcium ... - Dec 7, 2007
PR-USA.net (press release),The finding will assist researchers in understanding retinal degeneration that may lead to vision loss. The full details of the structure are described in
FOVEA Pharmaceuticals Enter Into a Research Collaboration in ... - 28 Nov 2007
CNNMoney.comPARIS, Nov. 27 /prnewswire/ -- FOVEA Pharmaceuticals SA. announced today that they have entered into a Collaborative Research Agreement with GENZYME
blind mice provide insight into human blindness - Nov 26, 2007
Ivanhoe,...disease. retinitis pigmentosa (rp) is the most common form of inherited retinal degeneration affecting more than one million people worldwide. in rp,
blind mice shed light on human sight loss - Nov 21, 2007
Science Daily (press release)21, 2007) — mutant mice could provide genetic clues to understanding incurable human sight loss resulting from retinal degeneration. new research uncovers a
rob simon: voice for those on the fringes - Nov 18, 2007
Marin Independent-Journal,..."it was a pretty big shock," said simon, who was told he had retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited diseases causing retinal degeneration that would
through her master's eyes - Nov 18, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,..."whether they knew or not, i don't know," irwin said. sage, who is eight years old, has progressive retinal degeneration, a genetic disease, and irwin said
medications that are effective in treating erectile dysfunction - Nov 13, 2007
Canoe.ca (subscription),...lights for several minutes after they've taken viagra), it is best avoided by men with certain types of retinal degeneration, eg, retinitis pigmentosa.
Vision of determination - Oct 11, 2007
Baltimore Sun,Six years ago, Suris was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that causes retinal degeneration and the gradual decline in a person's vision.
Force behind the Vision - Oct 8, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer,Their mother lost her sight due to retinal degeneration before they were born, and she sometimes relied on them for guidance around the house and property.
Visual Loss after Povidone–Iodine Pleurodesis - Sep 19, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...[CrossRef][ISI][Medline] Kiuchi K, Yoshizawa K, Shikata N, Moriguchi K, Tsubura A. Morphologic characteristics of retinal degeneration induced by sodium
Mount Saint Mary College alumni honored - Oct 14, 2007
Poughkeepsie Journal,Grignon, who lost his sight to retinal degeneration, participates in several organizations that focus on the rights of the disabled, and teaches law at
Green alga genome project catalogs carbon capture machinery - Oct 11, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),...the neurological movement disorder dyskinesia; polycystic kidney disease (PKD); and some forms of liver, respiratory and retinal degeneration disease.
Dogs need eye exams, too - Oct 5, 2007
ABC 4,Sam's diagnosis is also genetic - he has retinal degeneration. “It may be over time that he will loose his vision and he's already lost some significant
10th Anniversary of Revolutionary Teaching Approach that Offers ... - Oct 4, 2007
Earthtimes.org,Lefens gradually lost his sight, in a slow, painful process, to hereditary retinal degeneration. Initially, Lefens offered his students a technique that
Israeli Research Says Dress Your Babies in Sunglasses - Sep 3, 2007
Arutz Sheva,He added that severe myopia, cataracts and retinal degeneration are partly due to UV light from the sun. “It’s cumulative and it adds to the severity,� he
Emory Awarded Grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness for Retinal ... - Aug 6, 2007
DentalPlans.com,...a $309000 grant for three years from the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) to support the study of synthetic bile acids to treat retinal degeneration.
When Eye Problems Involve Diseases of the Retina - Jul 24, 2007
Voice of AmericaA thirty-year-old listener in Vietnam says he cannot see well and doctors have told him he has retinal degeneration. This is the loss or destruction of the
Vikram launches Agarwal Eye Hospital - Aug 6, 2007
Chennai Online,This new centre will be a secondary eye care centre with facilities to treat diseases like glaucoma, retinal degeneration, vitrectomy, macular degeneration
Treatment of Damaged Retinas: New Drugs on the Horizon? - Aug 3, 2007
Medgadget.com,..."Newly generated cells constituted almost a layer of cells in the outer nuclear layer in the retinal degeneration model mice," says Takahashi.
Glaucoma, Alzheimer's - Aug 6, 2007
WebMDCordeiro works at the Glaucoma and Retinal Degeneration Research Group at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology.
A vision in style - Aug 2, 2007
Arkansas Democrat Gazette,...as protect your eyes by blocking ultraviolet rays that could cause cataract damage and possibly lead to macular or retinal degeneration, Romeu says.
2007 Class Of Distinguished Young Scholars In Medical Research ... - Aug 1, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Dr. Marshall's research may lead to new insights into human ciliary disorders, such as polycystic kidney disease and retinal degeneration.
Blindness can't hold back Arrowhead girl - Jul 25, 2007
Lake Country Reporter,RP refers to a group of inherited diseases that cause retinal degeneration and people with RP experience a gradual decline in their vision as the
Researcher Delves Into Why Naturally Blind Chickens Perform Better - Jul 18, 2007
ThePoultrySite.com,While five forms of hereditary retinal degeneration have been previously reported in chicken strains such as Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn,
Toward A Cure For Inherited Eye Diseases - Jun 25, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...which causes kidney disease and retinal degeneration; Joubert Syndrome, which causes neurological disease, kidney disease, and retinal degeneration;
Fish-eye vision - Jun 13, 2007
Texas A&M The Battalion,..."We had a suspicion that REP1 would be involved in the process of retinal degeneration, but the fact that it also corresponds to a human disease gene makes
'Lucky 13' As New Gene Discovery Offers Further Hope For Childhood ... - Jun 11, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...for everybody to know exactly which mutation they've got, because the treatments being tested are specific for different kinds of retinal degeneration.
Neurotech Initiates two Phase II/III Clinical Trials of NT-501 for ... - Apr 18, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),Neurotech’s lead product (NT-501) is in clinical development for the treatment of retinal degeneration, including retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disease
$4.8 million gift helps - Apr 10, 2007
OregonLive.com,OHSU retinal research Oregon Health & Science University said Monday that it's landed a $4.8 million four-year grant to try to prevent retinal degeneration,
OHSU lands $4.8 million grant targeting vision loss - Apr 9, 2007
OregonLive.com,Oregon Health & Science University said today it's landed a $4.8 million four-year grant to try to prevent retinal degeneration, especially age-related
Lexicon Reports on anti-angiogenesis target discoveries - Apr 19, 2007
News-Medical.net,...mice from the Company's Genome5000(TM) program and has identified proteins involved in retinal degeneration, glaucoma, dry eye and ocular inflammation.
Transplanted human stem cells prevented vision loss in rat retinal ... - Apr 2, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Transplanted human neuronal progenitor cells had a protective effect on vision in an experimental rat model of retinal degeneration, a team of researchers
Stem Cell Therapy: The Holy Grail of Medicine - Apr 19, 2007
Express Healthcare Management,In future, it may help to cure diseases like retinal dispigmentosa, a retinal degeneration for which currently there is no cure.
Next-Generation Retinal Implant - Feb 15, 2007
MIT Technology Review,Scientists plan to test an implanted chip with four times the resolution of the previous version in people blinded by retinal degeneration. By Emily Singer
Genetic Testing Sheds Light On Degenerative Eye Disease - Feb 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The report describes one case in which parents with no family history of retinal degeneration requested genetic testing in hopes of revealing the specific
Genetic Ophthalmology and the Era of Clinical Care - Feb 20, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),38 This represents the first time that vision has been successfully restored in a large animal model of retinal degeneration. The extension to humans of
Fading sight: A 24-year-old's tale of going blind - Feb 20, 2007
Independent,In one trial, corrective genes inserted into the eyes of mice were shown to halt retinal degeneration, while another trial using dogs actually restored
Bionic eye offers hope of sight to the blind - Feb 17, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,MELBOURNE'S Eye and Ear Hospital will start implanting bionic eyes that restore sight to the blind within a few years. The hospital is one of three centres
USC Receives Nearly $3.4 Million For Stem Cell Research - Feb 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Therapeutic potential of Retinal Pigment Epithelial cell lines derived from hES cells for retinal degeneration, David Hinton, University of Southern
Advanced Cell Technology Announces Collaboration with the Casey ... - Feb 9, 2007
HULIQ,Dr. Peter Francis, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics and Co-Director of the Oregon Retinal Degeneration Center at the Casey Eye Institute said,
The Truth About Dogs - Feb 12, 2007
Atlantic OnlineIf a beagle is crossed with an elkhound and then their offspring are crossed, some of those dogs will suffer from retinal degeneration and some won't.
Examine Future Forecasts for the Neuroprotection – Drugs Markets ... - 23 Jan 2007
Business Wire (press release),Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and ischemic optic neuropathy as well as retinal degeneration.
Fovea Obtains Worldwide Rights To Retinal Degeneration Therapy - Jan 17, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...agreement with Novartis Pharma AG covering RdCVF (Rod-derived cone viability factor) for use in the treatment of retinal degeneration disorders.
The Year in Biotech - Dec 26, 2006
MIT Technology Review,...in London created retinal cells from stem cells and then implanted them in the eyes of mice that had been bred to suffer from retinal degeneration.
Keep an eye - Jan 9, 2007
Expressindia.com,They are becoming an important factor in eye problems such as cataract, retinal degeneration and medical conditions such as pterygium (growth of tissue in
Fish oil may help protect against retinal degenerative diseases - 28 Dec 2006
Xagena.it,Because the early clinical manifestations of most retinal degeneration precedes massive photoreceptor cell death, it is important to define the initial
The Year in Biotech - Dec 26, 2006
MIT Technology Review,...in London created retinal cells from stem cells and then implanted them in the eyes of mice that had been bred to suffer from retinal degeneration.
Implant of Neurotech's Encapsulated Cell Technology Shows Promise ... - Nov 30, 2006
Methuselah Foundation,Neurotech’s lead product (NT-501) is in clinical development for the treatment of retinal degeneration, including retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disease
Cyclists to race for a brighter future - Dec 14, 2006
Supersport,All proceeds from the entries are used for research by Retina SA to find a cure for blindness caused by retinal degeneration of which an estimated eight
Cyclists to race for a brighter future - Dec 11, 2006
Supersport,All proceeds from entries are used for the research, which is being conducted by Retina SA, to find a cure for blindness caused by retinal degeneration of
Changes in Membrane Conductance Play a Pathogenic Role in Osmotic ... - Dec 5, 2006
Am J Pathology (subscription)...fluid accumulation after detachment. This knowledge may lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in retinal degeneration after detachment.
Chicken Blindness Gene Could Hold Key To Many Human Diseases - Dec 20, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Further studies are now underway to see if the chickens also suffer from hypertension and if humans with inherited retinal degeneration also have mutations
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