Beta-Blockers Tied to Higher Cataract Risk

...nya, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania scheie Eye Institute. The finding "should be taken with a degree of caution," s...Bunya, M.D., assistant professor, ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia; July 2009 British Journal of Ophthalmology ...

Safety study indicates gene therapy for blindness improves vision

...r problems. Clearly we have shown there is no need to do that in this case." Samuel G. Jacobson, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of ophthalmology with the scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, is the study's principal investigator. "This groundbreaking gene therapy trial builds on 15 years ...

New DNA Tests Advances Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases

...past decade, ERT has become available for Fabry disease, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (MPS VI - Maroteaux-Lamy), and MPS I (Hurler, Hurler-Scheie, or scheie syndrome). ERT also is in development for other lysosomal storage conditions including Pompe (also known as glycogen storage disease type II), MPS II ...

People with early AMD not benefited by Laser Treatment

...rusen who are at a high risk for vision loss and AMD," said Stuart L. Fine, MD, CAPT chairman and chair, Penn's Department of Ophthalmology; Director, scheie Eye Institute. "We found that laser treatment had neither a clinically significant beneficial nor harmful effect for these patients. There is no evide...

PAI-2 Plays a Pivotal Role in Eye Infections

...n which is founding skin and the tissue covering the eyes.// The researchers, led by Mina Massaro-Giordano, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania’s scheie Eye Institute, and Marcella Macaluso, Ph.D., of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research at Temple University (http://www.shro.org), published their s...

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Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease

...Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology at Penn's scheie Eye Institute, have been researching inherited ret...e Paul and Evanina Mackall Foundation Trust at the scheie Eye Institute, the Rosanne H. Silbermann Foundatio... of Medicine's Department of Ophthalmology and The scheie Eye Institute:...

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Scheie syndrome

... (Redirected from scheie syndrome ) Jump to: ... MPS I S, scheie syndrome , is the mildest form of MPS I. Symptoms ... Persons with scheie syndrome can live ... User-edited articl...

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Promising cell protein may play role in infection and dry eye

...rs at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. The researchers, led by Mina Massaro-Giordano, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania's scheie Eye Institute, and Marcella Macaluso, Ph.D., of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research at Temple University ( www.shro.org ), published their study,...

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BioMarin and Genzyme Restructure Aldurazyme 50/50 Joint Venture

...d at http://www.mps1disease.com . About Aldurazyme Aldurazyme is indicated for patients with the Hurler and Hurler-Scheie forms of MPS I, and for scheie patients with moderate to severe symptoms. The risks and benefits of treating mildly affected patients with the Scheie form have not been established....