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Waterloo Smart Contact Lens Start-Up Receives $1.4 M in Seed Capital
Thursday, June 9 2016 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Medella Health, a start-up company developing a proprietary smart glucose monitoring contact lens, founded at University of Waterloo’s technology...
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First Successful Skin-To-Eye Stem Cell Transplant
Thursday, May 26 2016 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Researchers from RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, presented results for a patient one year after the first ever skin-to-eye...
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AMD Before and After Anti-VEGF Drugs
Wednesday, May 18 2016 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
A new study funded by the National Eye Institute finds that anti-VEGF treatments have greatly improved the prognosis for patients with AMD This...
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CLU Issue 31: Overnight Lens Wear and Orthokeratology
Wednesday, April 27 2016 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
Issue 31 of the Centre for Contact Lens Research’s Contact Lens Update explores extended wear of contact lenses, including the fields of myopia...
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Twin Study: Diet Rich in Vitamin C May Reduce Cataract Progression
Thursday, April 21 2016 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
In the first twin study of cataracts, researchers from King’s College in the UK found that dietary vitamin C had a preventative effect on cataract...
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