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Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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New Treatment Found to Reduce Vision Loss from Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

Eye injections of corticosteroid medication may improve patients’ vision
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Gene Therapy One Year Later: Patients Healthy and Maintain Early Visual Improvement

Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an August online report in Human Gene Therapy.
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A Tongue for an Eye: Device Challenges Conventional Vision

Erik Weihenmayer has climbed mountains around the world - the highest peaks, in fact, on every continent. One afternoon a few years ago, however, a climbing wall in a local gym served as the setting of a most memorable journey.
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From Outer Space to the Eye Clinic: New Cataract Early Detection Technique

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.
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Reviving Vision

Millions of light-sensitive cells called photoreceptors fill the delicate tissue in the eye known as the retina. These cells include rods that provide night vision and cones that detect color.
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Email Prompts NEI Director to Examine Patient Abroad

In advance of NEI director Dr. Paul A. Sieving’s recent trip to China, a poster at Tianjin Eye Hospital promoted one of his lectures.
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NEI Releases Complete Data from Age-Related Eye Disease Study

The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the release of more than 10 years of data collected during the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS).
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More Effective Treatment Identified for Common Childhood Vision Disorder

Scientists have found a more effective treatment for a common childhood eye muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency (CI).
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Phase 1 Clinical Trial Results of Gene Transfer for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Reported

Three young adults with Leber Congenital Amaurosis-a severe degenerative disease of the retina caused by a mutation in the RPE65 gene-reported improvements in vision after undergoing a specialized gene transfer procedure.
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Older Treatment May Be More Effective in Preserving Sight for Some Patients with Diabetes

A promising new drug therapy used to treat abnormal swelling in the eye-a condition called diabetic macular edema-proved less effective than traditional laser treatments in a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the NIH.

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