Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Drug to Fight River Blindness

Thursday, October 15 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Awards, Vision Science

Among the winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2015, announced on October 5th, were scientists William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, for their...

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University of Montreal Research: Using Stem Cells to Fight AMD

Friday, October 9 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Cone cells produced from embryonic stem cells and transplanted into the retina could be an effective weapon in the fight against AMD, according to...

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New CL Case Changes Colour when Bacterial Contamination Detected

Thursday, October 8 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Researchers from the University of Manchester unveiled a microbiosensor embedded in a contact lens case that can detect unsafe levels of living...

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Predator or Prey?

Friday, October 2 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

A study of the pupils of 214 species of animal, published in the journal Science Advances, concluded that those with vertical pupils (like a cat) are...

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40 Minutes of Outdoor Activity per Day May Slow Epidemic of Myopia in Children

Thursday, October 1 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Myopia has reached epidemic levels in some countries in east and south-east Asia, where 80-90% of children will develop myopia by the time they...

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