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Bionic Eye may Restore Sight to the Blind

... sight caused by ailments like age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. It does not offer a cure for blindness caused by damage of the optic nerve. With the previous electronic implant, six blind patients had their sight partially restored. The device proved so successful that its develop...

RNAi Shows Promise in Gene Therapy

...gene therapy trials now under way - two in macular degeneration and one in RSV pneumonia - the technique Kay pioneered may be among the first to find widespread use for treating human diseases. "We've worked on a gene therapeutic approach against viral hepatitis for about 10 years and this is the first thing we'v...

Spring is Time for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in Americans older than 50, affecting// more than two million people. The American Academy of Ophthalmology wants to remind people that although AMD is incurable, there are new treatmen...

Researchers Discover Gene Essencial to Cerebellum Formation

... cerebellar ataxias, which is characterized by the degeneration of Purkinje cells. Producing this type of cell in the lab may lead to future neuronal replacement therapy. Source-Eurekalert...

Biologists Trace Cause Of Early Blindness To Tissue Defect

...utations that lead to additional causes of retinal degeneration and blindness. br> Source-Newswise SRM...

Neck Pain Treatment Safer Without Significant Risk of Paralysis

...h as osteoarthritis of the spine, bone spurs, disc degeneration and narrowing of the spinal canal. Additional alternative treatments for neck pain are physical therapy, traction, narcotic and non-narcotic pain medication and, in some cases, surgery. During the procedure, an interventional radiologist utilizes r...

Beta Carotene Pills Do Not Remedy Age-related Macular Degeneration

...sociated macular degeneration. Age related macular degeneration is common amongst the older generation, which coul...ta carotene may not be helpful in cases of macular degeneration although positive treatment outcomes might be achieved when combined with vitamins and zinc. But the...

Zinc in Body Could Affect Eyes: Study

...y a role in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among elderly people in the developed world, reported the online edition of BBC News. AMD is a form of macular disease, which affects the eye's retina and causes loss of central vision. It often affects older p...

Chinese Doctors Perform World’s First Disc Transplant

...In some cases these methods can even cause further degeneration of the discs above and below the area most affected. The procedure was outlined in The Lancet. The orthopaedic specialists used 13 discs taken from dead women aged between 20 and 30. The discs were frozen and thawed out prior to transplant into 5 p...

Longer Bed Rest may Harm Pregnant Women

... could be harmful for pregnant women and may cause degeneration of their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system... cardiovascular system become de-conditioned. This degeneration begins in less than 48 hours. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists no longer ad...

Educational Video Increases Knowledge but Not Behavior

...eeded in increasing patients' knowledge of macular degeneration and the availability of adaptive devices and techn...ffer from low vision caused by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which destroys the tiny center of the retina known as the macula. It is the leading cause of ...

Stem Cells Provide New Tool for Studying Disease and Identifying ALS Drugs

...ential new therapies aimed at slowing motor neuron degeneration in ALS. "That's what happens when scientists from major institutions work together toward shared goals. Project A.L.S. prides itself on building productive research teams from elegant parts," said Valerie Estess, director of research for Project A....

NRI Brings to India Effective Pain Relief Therapy

...cate insufficient blood flow that could cause slow degeneration of the tissues, ageing and disorders, or, in extreme cases, life threatening conditions such as gangrene leading to amputations. Arguing in favour of ABPI, Gupta said: "Blood pressure is measured only on one arm. ABPI is computed by measuring blood...

Genes Responsible for a Blinding Condition Identified

.../ (AMD), researchers report. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease associated with aging that grad...als who have earlier-intermediate forms of macular degeneration progress to the advanced form and visual loss,' explained the study's lead author, Dr. Johanna M. Se...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

...e activity of CDK5 in the pancreas may lead to the degeneration of beta cells. CDKN2A and CDKN2B. The proteins produced by these two genes inhibit the activity of cyclin-dependent protein kinases, including one that has been shown to influence the growth of beta cells in mice. Interestingly, these genes have bee...

Parkinsons Disease can Be Predicted by Metabolic Pathway

... The symptoms predominantly arise from progressive degeneration of brain cells that produce the chemical dopamine. It is intriguing to consider that patients with Parkinsons disease may be wired differently from birth, adds co-author Eric Ahlskog, M.D., Ph.D., the head of Mayo Clinics Movement Disorders Section...

Neural Stem Cells Reduce Parkinsons Symptoms in Monkeys

...ical settings. Parkinsons disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production. Reduced production of dopamine in late stage Parkinsons causes symptoms such as severe difficulty in walking, fewer movements...

Regular Use of Laptop Could Seriously Damage Your Health

...said he had seen dozens of x-rays showing signs of degeneration in the joints of regular laptop users. "Mothers bring in their 12-year-old daughters suffering back pain and when they arrive I can see their slumped posture straight away," said Durntall. "I also see many people in their twenties and thirties w...

Higher Intake of Fish and Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Age-related Macular Disease

... the JAMA/Archives journals. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) occurs when the macula, the area at the back of the retina that produces the sharpest vision, deteriorates over time. It is the most common cause of blindness among older adults in the United States, affecting more than 7 million individuals ol...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

...growing body of scientific evidence has linked the degeneration of the human genome to an increased likelihood of degenerative diseases, such as cancer an Alzheimer's disease. "This test has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach attempting to prevent or delay the onset of such diseases." But the ...

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