Science Briefs – Edition 47

What's Inside

  • Retinal cells developed in hope for cure for blindness.
  • Relationship between gut and eyes may have implications for glaucoma.
  • Eye drops could replace surgery for common retinal disease.
  • Hypertension can lead to sudden blindness.
    And, 16 stories about all things science related to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 45

What's Inside

  • Vision impairments correlate with dementia.
  • Glaucoma surgery does not result in blindness.
  • Climate change linked to blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 44

What's Inside

  • Drops might replace injections for retinal disease.
  • Mini gene therapy for Ushers Syndrome.
  • Four new ways of treating blindness.
  • And, about eight other articles about the science, medicine and preventing blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 43

What's Inside

  • Can coffee cause vision impairment?
  • Climate change may be contributing to blindness.
  • Diabetes drug may help with glaucoma.
  • Implants for glaucoma patients.
  • And, about 13 stories about the science, medicine and prevention of blindness.

Science Briefs – Edition 42

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 37

What's Inside

  • New gene therapy for Usher F1.
  • New research on diabetes related retinal diseases.
  • Surgery helping with corneal blindness.
  • And 3 other stories about the science and medicine related to blindness from the entire world.

Science Digest – Edition 36

What's Inside

  • Mini gene therapy for severe genetic disease.
  • New treatments for neovascular glaucoma.
  • Retinitis pigmentosa drugs in the pipeline.
  • And, about 8 articles about the science and medicine of blindness from all over the world.

Science Briefs – Edition 35

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

  • 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

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.