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  • AMD Alliance International Holds North American Meeting

    Leaders from Across the Globe Gather to Share Ideas, Strategies to Prevent Vision Loss from Age-related Macular Degeneration

    Ft. Worth, TEXAS (Feb. 2, 2012)– Representatives of leading vision health groups are converging on Ft. Worth, Texas, to participate in AMD Alliance International’s (AMDAI) North American meeting on Feb. 3 from 8...

  • Report on State Integration of Vision Health

    Partnership Promotes the Goal Of Integrating Eye And Vision Issues To Help Make State Public Health Efforts More Cost Effective

    CHICAGO(Jan. 30, 2012)–Millions of Americans are facing visual impairment and blindness.  With healthcare costs continuing to increase, state and public health agencies must work together to aid individuals who are at...

  • A Healthy Diet Can Help Protect Vision

    Eating for the Eyes Should Always be a Part of the Menu

    Maintaining A Healthy Diet Can Help Protect Vision from Age-related Macular DegenerationAwareness Makes a Difference

    CHICAGO(Jan. 24, 2012)–We’ve all heard the expression “eating with your eyes,” but many...

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  • Windows To The Mind
    The eyes are the window into the soul - or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Measuring the diameter of the pupil, the part of the eye that changes size to let in...
  • Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Could Correct A Common Form Of Blindness
    A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the potential to treat a common form of blindness that strikes both youngsters and adults. The technique works by replacing a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a normal working copy that supplies a protein necessary for light-sensitive...
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa In Dogs Cured By Gene Therapy
    Members of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs. The disease in humans and dogs is caused by defects in the RPGR gene and results in early, severe and progressive vision...

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