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Using Stem Cells to Model Diseases of the Outer Retina

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2015
Retinal degeneration arises from the loss of photoreceptors or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). It is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide with limited effective treatment options.
Camille Yvon, Conor M. Ramsden, Amelia Lane, Michael B. Powner, Lyndon da Cruz, Peter J. Coffey, Amanda-Jayne F. Carr   +6 more
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Vision Rehabilitation in Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration

Rehabilitation Process and Outcome, 2014
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the rehabilitative process and visual rehabilitation outcomes in patients with central vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Filippo M. Amore, Stefania Fortini, Valeria Silvestri, Marco Sulfaro, Alessia Pacifici, Simona Turco   +5 more
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Intravitreal Ampicillin Sodium for Antibiotic-Resistant Endophthalmitis: Streptococcus uberis First Human Intraocular Infection Report

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010
Purpose. To describe the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment with intravitreal ampicillin sodium of a postoperative endophthalmitis case due to Streptococcus uberis; an environmental pathogen commonly seen in mastitis cases of lactating ...
Raul Velez-Montoya, Dulce Rascón-Vargas, William F. Mieler, Jans Fromow-Guerra, Virgilio Morales-Cantón   +4 more
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New Interpretation of Galileo\u2019s Arthritis and Blindness [PDF]

, 2015
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) complained of several disorders during his life, the most important of which were chronic arthritic pains and bilateral blindness.
Barbieri, Cesare, Basso, Cristina, Bolton, Scott, Liessi, Guido, RIPPA BONATI, Maurizio, Thiene, Gaetano, Zampieri, Fabio, Zanatta, Alberto   +7 more
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Effects of dietary phytol and phytanic acid in animals

Journal of Lipid Research, 1966
Feeding of phytol in large doses (2-5% by weight in the diet) led to accumulation of phytanic acid in the mouse, rat, rabbit, and chinchilla, the degree of accumulation depending upon the level of dietary intake.
Daniel Steinberg, Joel Avigan, Charles E. Mize, James H. Baxter, Jan Cammermeyer, Henry M. Fales, Patricia F. Highet   +6 more
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Optical coherence tomography angiography using the black-and-white pixel binarization histogram software: a new technique for evaluating healing of macular holes in two surgical techniques

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2020
Background Many factors can influence the functional outcomes of macular hole surgery and some studies have tried to describe anatomical features that could predict successful treatment.
Oswaldo Ferreira Moura Brasil, Mariana Kawamuro, Denise Pardini Marinho, Bruna Trench Maia, Murilo Ubukata Polizelli, Gabriel Pipolo, Natalia Trench Maia, Rodrigo Dompieri, Natasha Ferreira Santos da Cruz, Mauricio Maia   +9 more
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The economic impact of sight loss and blindness in the UK adult population

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundTo quantify the economic impact of sight loss and blindness in the United Kingdom (UK) population, including direct and indirect costs, and its burden on health.MethodsPrevalence data on sight loss and blindness by condition, Census demographic
L. Pezzullo, Jared Streatfeild, P. Simkiss, D. Shickle   +3 more
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The impact of Merowe Dam on Simulium hamedense vector of onchocerciasis in Abu Hamed focus - Northern Sudan

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Abu Hamed, the northernmost onchocerciasis focus in the world, is located along the River Nile banks in the Nubian Desert. Hydroelectric dams can alter activity of black flies and may provide breeding sites for black fly.
Isam MA Zarroug, Arwa H Elaagip, Sara A Abuelmaali, Hanan A Mohamed, Wigdan A ElMubarak, Kamal Hashim, Tong Chor M Deran, Nabil Aziz, Tarig B Higazi   +8 more
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Illegal wildlife trade and the persistence of “plant blindness”

Plants, People, Planet, 2019
A wide variety of plant species are threatened by illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and yet plants receive scant attention in IWT policy and research, a matter of pressing global concern. This review examines how “plant blindness” manifests within policy and
Jared D. Margulies, L. Bullough, A. Hinsley, Daniel J. Ingram, C. Cowell, B. Goettsch, Bente B. Klitgård, A. Lavorgna, Pablo Sinovas, J. Phelps   +9 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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