'Fullstop-size cure' for cataract
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New technology has significantly reduced the length of the incision needed to remove eye cataracts.
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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Researchers have suggested that some forms of human blindness may be treatable with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Martin Friedlander
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Until now, no drug has been effective at stopping the progress of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that strikes up to 1 million Americans and causes them to lose all or some of their vision.
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Gene mutations responsible for causing cataracts in children have been identified by a team of University of Utah vision researchers.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 3, 2004 - An experimental implantable contact lens is showing promise in helping nearsighted people see without glasses.
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British scientists plan to use stem  cells to cure a common form of blindness, with the first  patients receiving test treatment in five years.
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A permanent, implantable contact lens that can dramatically improve vision in patients with severe nearsightedness is expected to receive FDA approval within days.
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NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on  a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina  called retinitis pigmentosa.
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A Canadian-led research team has shown it is not only possible but relatively easy to harvest stem cells from human eyes that could help fight blindness and degenerative eye disorders.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 13, 2004 - There&#39;s a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses.
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An implantable contact lens that  corrects vision in nearsighted patients is safe and does not  have some of the side-effects of laser surgery, a company that  manufactures the devices said on Wednesday.
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British researchers working in an East African village say that a single dose of an antibiotic appears to stop infections that cause trachoma, the world&#39;s leading preventable cause of blindness.
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NEW YORK  - A new approach that permits   wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted   peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to   detect objects outside their field of vision, suggest results   of a pilot study.
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NEW YORK  - New research provides further  evidence that substances in kale, spinach and other green  vegetables help protect aging eyes from cataracts.
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Transplanted stem cells could save vision in eyes damaged by retinal disease, say researchers who have demonstrated their promise in mice.
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Japanese doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with a painful eye condition caused by damaged corneas.