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The creation of 'Wonder Powder' was possible thanks to cutting-edge equipment of the 'Fabrika' Science and Technology Park. (Photo: ANI)

New method to make laser optics more effective and cheaper

Scientists developed new method to make laser optics more effective, cheaper.

25 Dec 2019 5:16 PM

The microorganism acanthamoeba lives in water and can cause serious damage if it gets into the eye. (Photo: AFP)

8 everyday habits affecting eye health

Researchers warned there had been a threefold increase in the number of cases of a rare eye infection that can cause blindness since 2011.

27 Sep 2018 10:15 AM

The technology behind the eye drops is a cell-penetrating peptide that can deliver the drug to the retina. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists develop novel eye drop may treat age-related vision loss

The scientists' pending patents for the eye drops are now owned by US-based company, Macregen Inc.

21 Jul 2018 3:01 PM

Cataract surgery tied to lower risk of car crashes

Drivers with cataracts were 9 percent less likely to be involved in collisions after surgery.

30 Jun 2018 5:09 PM

Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of rare inherited genetic disorders caused by one of more than 70 genes. (Photo: File)

A new 'vision'

The new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease.

14 May 2018 8:30 AM

C'garh: 11 lose vision in one eye after botched up cataract surgery, says doc

On February 23, a total of 45 operations were performed by two surgeons in two sessions.

02 Mar 2018 11:33 AM

Diabetics twice as likely to develop cataract

Cataract is one of the main causes of global sight loss.

06 Feb 2018 10:14 AM

The iPSCs are grown in the laboratory and then coaxed into becoming RPE for surgical implantation. (Photo: AFP)

Stem cell therapy may treat leading cause of blindness

Discovery has advanced efforts to make stem cell- derived RPE for transplantation into patients with geographic atrophy.

03 Jan 2018 9:17 PM

In the new study, Ropars and colleague Albert le Floch spotted a major difference between the arrangement of cones between the eyes of dyslexic and non-dyslexic people enrolled in an experiment.

Scientists may have discovered cause of dyslexia

In people with reading disability, cells are arranged in matching patterns in both eyes, which may confuse brain with "mirror" images.

19 Oct 2017 8:42 AM

Research that was conducted at Los Angeles found that when compares to brain scans; the eye test was just as successful at spotting the amount of plaque build-up in their brains (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, eye test to spot Alzheimer's disease 20 years in advance

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai developed an eye test as a non-invasive method that can detect Alzheimer’s much before symptoms begin to show.

19 Aug 2017 3:53 PM

Participants in a study were able to memorise sound patterns played to them during two phases of sleep called Rapid Eye Movement (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans maybe able to learn while asleep, says study

According to researchers the human brain can learn new things while asleep, but only in certain phases of shut-eye.

09 Aug 2017 8:39 AM

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