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Science Briefs – Edition 42

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What's Inside

  • Doctors and journalists must fight medical misinformation.
  • Orange banana developed by Gates and others to battle vitamin A issues that cause blindness.
  • Gene therapy to fight glaucoma.
  • And, about ten more stories about all things related to the science and medicine of blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 35

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What's Inside

  • Brain structures that can help with sight restoration discovered.
  • Small molecule drugs may help cure some forms of blindness.
  • Warning signs of dying photoreceptor cells.
  • New medication for RP fast tracked.
  • And, 20 other stories about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 32

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  • Major progress made in blindness caused by cellular degeneration.
  • New model to examine Usher Syndrome.
  • Gene therapy used in Toronto.
  • And, about a dozen stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 30

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What's Inside

  • Ocular waste recycling.
  • Is retinal transplant possible with modern medicine?
  • Causes of blindness in children.
  • And, about ten more stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 26

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What's Inside

  • Can blindness be cured?
  • More effective treatment for glaucoma researched.
  • COVID-19 and depression in blind patients.
  • And, about 20 articles about the science and medicine related to blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 25

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What's Inside

  • Gene therapy for blindness now covered in Canada.
  • Common home test for AMD found to be inaccurate.
  • Pan American helath organization working to eliminate river blindness.
  • And, about a dozen stories about the science, medicine and preventing blindness from the entire world.

Science Briefs – Edition 24

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What's Inside

  • River blindness effects in rural areas.
  • Symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy that you should know.
  • Smokers twice as like to develop AMD and vision loss.
  • And, about 20 stories about the science and medicine related to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 23

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What’s Inside

  • Cape Coast teaching hospital cures more than 1000 from cataracts.
  • First non-human primate found to have Usher Syndrome.
  • Nigeria ends treatment for river blindness in four states.
  • FDA approves new treatment for blindness in older people.
  • And, about 18 articles about science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 22

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What’s Inside

First cure for RP using stem cells.
Injections for infants to stop premature Retinopathy, ,
Eye cancers that can lead to blindness and death.
Scientists use a bit of human brains in rats to cure blindness.
And, about a dozen other articles about the science and medicine related to blindness from all over the world.