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    Month: June 2014

    Blindness Can Be Prevented Now

    Posted on June 25, 2014January 12, 2019 by droberts
  • June 25, 2014

    Blindness Can Be Prevented Now

    Editorial by Dan Roberts, Editor-in-Chief Prevent Blindness Since 1908, Prevent Blindness has been living up to its name by educating the public about early prevention and detection. It has done this by way of vision screenings, educational programs, research support, and advocacy. But the organization hasn’t stopped there. It realizes that preventing blindness means more […]

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  • New research on UV rays and cataract

    Posted on June 24, 2014 by droberts
  • June 24, 2014

    New research on UV rays and cataract

    Courtesy: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health (NEI/NIH) A new study offers an explanation for how years of chronic sunlight exposure can increase the risk of cataract, a clouding of the eye lens that typically occurs with aging. The study firms up a link between the sun’s damaging rays and a process called oxidative […]

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  • Squalamine Eye Drops Under Study for Wet AMD

    Posted on June 24, 2014 by droberts
  • June 24, 2014

    Squalamine Eye Drops Under Study for Wet AMD

    (Updated 4/17/16) On June 24, 2014, Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced positive top-line interim results for its Phase 2 clinical trial of Squalamine eye drops in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). The data demonstrated a positive benefit in multiple visual function including a gain in visual acuity of +10.4 letters with Squalamine eye […]

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  • StemCells, Inc. Closes Enrollment in Dry AMD Trial

    Posted on June 20, 2014April 12, 2020 by droberts
  • June 20, 2014

    StemCells, Inc. Closes Enrollment in Dry AMD Trial

    Phase II Clinical Trial to Begin This Year StemCells, Inc. yesterday announced that, based on positive interim results, it has closed enrollment in its Phase I/II clinical trial for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in order to focus its efforts on a follow-on Phase II randomized, controlled proof-of-concept study. Exceeding the company’s expectations, interim results showed […]

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  • Omega-3 Inhibits Retinal Blood Vessel Growth

    Posted on June 17, 2014November 29, 2020 by droberts
  • June 17, 2014

    Omega-3 Inhibits Retinal Blood Vessel Growth

    Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School and other institutions have demonstrated for the first time that the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), DHA and EPA, can inhibit choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Their findings will be published in PNAS Online Early Edition the week of June 16-20, 2014. “These are […]

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