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Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
Several blinding disorders are known to cause the breakdown of photoreceptors. Caroline Zeiss, associate professor [...]
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University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers have identified the important role a protein plays in the body`s first line of defense in directing immune cells called neutrophils toward the site of infection or injury.
Their results are described online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Neutrophils are white blood cells that [...]
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Laser eye surgery to correct vision problems does not appear to be associated with lasting changes to cells lining the inside of the cornea at nine years after the procedure, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Two types of laser surgery — photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) [...]
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Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research — nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient solar cells.
It is PhD student Peter Krogstrup, Nano-Science Center, the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, who developed the method during his dissertation.
"We have [...]
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Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurler`s syndrome.
The research team from Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center reports its preclinical laboratory results this week in the [...]
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