New treatment in sight for dry eye disease

Topical anakinra (Kineret), an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist generally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, may be effective in treating dry eye...

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Two treatments are better than one

Combining two treatments are effective in defeating certain inherited disorders that cause blindness In 2010, András Komáromy and colleagues at...

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Gene switch

German researchers have discovered that genes controlling blood vessel growth in the retina of mice are “switched on” by the protein serum...

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Genes linked to the development of AMD, but not to its treatment

The four gene variants linked to the development of AMD do not influence how patients respond to treatment using Lucentis and Avastin The gene...

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Focus shift from biochemistry to biomechanics in eye disease

Research on vision loss has always focused heavily on biochemical processes However, two Swedish researchers are now stressing the importance of...

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