Based on the resonance location system (echo) used by bats and dolphins to navigate, Marco Antonio Trujillo Tejeda and Cuauhtli Padilla Arias, mechatronic engineers from the Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, devised a bracelet that makes mobility simpler and safer for the blind.
Retina India is a not-for-profit organization, registered with the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai, India, established for empowering people with retinal disorders, and bringing them and their families on a common platform with physicians, researchers, counselors, low vision and mobility experts and other specialists.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Ocular treatment likely to become first Gene Therapy approved in US
(c) nature.com |
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Gene therapy,
Spark Therapeutics
Saturday, August 29, 2015
AMD likely to be more in people with deficient vitamin D status
A multi-institutional team reports that vitamin D may play a
significant role in eye health, specifically in the possible prevention
of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, among women who are more
genetically prone to developing the sight-damaging disease.
In a paper published in JAMA Ophthalmology online, the team found that women who are deficient in vitamin D and have a specific high-risk genotype are 6.7 times more likely to develop AMD than women with sufficient vitamin D status and no high risk genotype.
In a paper published in JAMA Ophthalmology online, the team found that women who are deficient in vitamin D and have a specific high-risk genotype are 6.7 times more likely to develop AMD than women with sufficient vitamin D status and no high risk genotype.
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Age-related,
Gene,
Macular Degeneration,
Vitamin D
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Clinical Trial utilizing optogenetics to start for Retinitis Pigmentosa soon
(c) nature.com |
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Clinical Trial,
Optogenetics,
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Microglia - a potential therapeutic target in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Spider-like cells inside the brain, spinal cord and eye hunt for invaders, capturing and then devouring them. These cells, called microglia, often play a beneficial role by helping to clear trash and protect the central nervous system against infection. But a new study by researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) shows that they also accelerate damage wrought by blinding eye disorders, such as retinitis pigmentosa.
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Clinical Trial,
Research,
Retinitis Pigmentosa,
Treatment
Saturday, June 27, 2015
World's first-ever braille tablet has been developed
The first-ever braille tablet has been developed, using a new liquid-based technology to create tactile relief outputting braille, graphics and maps for the blind and partially sighted.
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Accessibility,
Braille,
iPAD,
Tactile
Berkeley Architect sustains his vision despite blindness
Oh, that we could see as clearly as blind architect Chris Downey. Leading his UC Berkeley seminar students to equitable, barrier-eliminating design solutions or consulting on a 170,000-square-foot blind rehab center at the Veterans Affairs center in Palo Alto or filling the stroke seat on his East Bay Rowing Club team, the 52-year-old Piedmont architect and teacher says he lacks sight, but is not without vision.
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Architect,
Blind,
Blindness,
Inspiration
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