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View Post: Anti-Aging Firewalls » Blog Archive » A gene therapy home run
11 Nov 2009 by admin  
But nonetheless the results are impressive and lead to hope for those suffering from certain forms of congenital blindness and vision impairment. The report leading to this optimism, Age-dependent effects of RPE65 gene therapy for Leber's congenital amaurosis: a phase 1 ... Children with LCA account for 10-18% of all cases of congenital blindness. Vision in individuals with LCA varies greatly from relatively mild acuity problems (20/70) to no light perception(ref). ...
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View Post: About Causes of Blindness, Visually Impaired, Low Vision, Vision ...
28 Mar 2009 by Health Geek  
Many causes for blindness, vision loss or visual impairments are painless, but serious. Some treatments have only a limited window of time to preserve the health of your sight. So any degree of sudden vision loss needs to be responded ...
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View Post: stem cell therapy may help treat corneal blindness, vision impairment
10 Apr 2009 by admin  
... restore transparency and don”t trigger a rejection response when injected into eyes that are scarred and hazy, raising hopes that cell-based therapies to treat human corneal blindness and vision impairment may soon be available. ...
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View Post: microscopic needles could revolutionise eye treatment
7 Jul 2008
a new technique that effectively delivers drugs to the eyes, using microscopic needles, could offer hope to the millions of patients worldwide suffering from common eye diseases that threaten vision such as glaucoma, ...
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View Post: Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Pakistan: The ...
25 Oct 2006 by Jadoon, MZ, Dineen, B., Bourne, RRA, Shah,...  
In 121 (21.6%) of the 561 subjects initially presenting with blindness, vision improved to 3/60 or better with correction. The prevalence of blindness after correction was therefore 2.7% (95% CI, 2.4%–2.9%). The prevalence of SVI/BL ...
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View Post: vision impairment and blindness
22 Mar 2008 by admin  
eye damages, the majority often happening in people under 30, are the most important reason of monocular blindness vision loss in one eye. damages and cataracts affect the eye itself, while abnormalities such as optic nerve hyperplasia ...
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View Post: Canine Diabetes in Dogs: Symptoms, Causes & Treatments: 101 Dog ...
24 Aug 2009 by admin  
Cataract forms when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy and opaque resulting in blindness, vision loss & impairment. When diabetes strikes, the blood sugar levels rise all over the body. Glucose in the eyeball is absorbed into the lens. ...
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