News tagged with retinal damage

Historic first images of rod photoreceptors in the living human eye

Scientists today reported that the tiny light-sensing cells known as rods have been clearly and directly imaged in the living eye for the first time. Using adaptive optics (AO), the same technology astronomers ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers measure high infrared power levels from some green lasers

Green laser pointers have become a popular consumer item, delivering light that's brighter to the eye than red lasers, but stories have circulated on the Web about the potential hazards of inexpensive models. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researcher identifies cell mechanism leading to diabetic blindness

Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn't know why or how. Now a Michigan State University scientist has discovered the process that causes retinal ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The 'see food' diet

Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly. The related report by Tuo et al, "A high omega-3 fatty acid diet reduces retinal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell death from cytomegalovirus may bring new life to treatment of retinal disease

Just days after the first retinal cell gets infected with the common cytomegalovirus, contiguous cells start committing suicide and researchers believe their death may provide clues to better treatment of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0