Macular Degeneration

(ChattahBox) — Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news on brain science and health, may lead to new treatments for the blind. Researchers also reported that an engineered protein restored vision in an animal model and identified ways to improve stem cell tr

Zacks.com submits: Earlier this week, Alcon Inc. ( ACL ) signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Swiss biotech company ESBATech AG. Alcon will pay $150 million in cash at closing. Besides this, Alcon may pay up to $439 million on the achievement of future research and development milestones. With this acquisition, Alcon will gain access to ESBATech’s proprietary antibody fragment technology, which is used for the development of compounds for the treatment of eye diseases li

Sydney, July 22 (IANS) A powerful new technique, developed by scientists, can quantify damage caused by serious eye diseases affecting tens of millions worldwide. Known as multifocal pupillography, the method involves monitoring minute responses of the eye’s pupil to light signals in different parts of the patient’s visual field. ARC Vision Centre and Australian National University [...]

As a matter of fact, recent studies have confirmed that bilberries or bilberry supplements improve visual acuity in healthy people, and can also aid those who have eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma and …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50; one in three people will be diagnosed with AMD by the time they are 75. Both of these serious eye diseases are thought to be associated with the …