Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex:Rgn) announced that Dr. Gabriel Sosne, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, MI, will be presenting data from a new study entitled, "Lipid Rafts and Actin Are Important for Thymosin Beta 4-Mediated Anti-Inflammatory Effects in ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
A recent Article published in The Lancet suggests that the criteria for diagnosing diabetes mellitus could need reassessment. This conclusion comes from a study that looks at the connection between diabetes mellitus and a frequent diabetic complication called retinopathy.
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder due to an inability of pancreatic cells ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
While it is no secret African Americans' skin may keep its youthful appearance longer than other ethnicities, many people don't know African Americans show facial aging in the outer corner of the eyes earlier than Caucasians, according to March's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PRS), the official medical journal of the ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Ophthalmologists inject gas into the eye mainly during the surgical treatment of retinal hemorrhages or injuries. The purpose of the gas is to help press the detached retina to the wall of the eye. There is a risk of subsequent expansion of the gas bubble during airplane travel, at high ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), announced the acceptance of an abstract describing the results of a study using Xibrom(TM) (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) 0.09% therapy in combination with Lucentis(R) (ranibizumab injection) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). According to the abstract, patients who received Xibrom required 1.6 +/- 0.69 injections ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Scientists have won a major battle in the fight against age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, a blinding eye disease that affects millions of people. An international team, led by researchers at Sainte-Justine Hospital and the Universite de Montréal, has identified the deficient receptor that causes the dry form of AMD.
In ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Scientists have won a major battle in the fight against age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, a blinding eye disease that affects millions of people. An international team, led by researchers at Sainte-Justine Hospital and the Université de Montréal, has identified the deficient receptor that causes the dry form of AMD.
In ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A recent article in The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that when preschool children in villages in Ethiopia took the antibiotic azithromycin twice per year instead of once per year, the number of children with eye infections caused by the contagious eye disease trachoma was significantly reduced. The ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Ocular melanoma is rarely detected before it has grown large enough to impair vision or to metastasize. This makes it a particularly challenging disease to fight, especially since chemotherapy is not very effective.
Now, the PhD research project led by Dr. Dana Faingold may open the door for very promising new ...
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