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Viral infection after LASIK. "... we suspect that the viral infection caused edema of the corneal flap, which caused epithelial ingrowth under the flap."
LASIK eye surgeons from Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Korea. have reported the case of a man who underwent LASIK eye surgery, and three months later presented with epithelial ingrowth caused by viral keratoconjunctivitis.
The eye care specialists from Seoul, Korea, have advised:
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Transplant. Reconstruction. Severe burns. Lamellar keratoplasty. Limbal stem cells. Amniotic membrane. Autologous conjunctiva. Pseudopterygium.
"To evaluate the effect of lamellar keratoplasty combined with limbal stem cells, using amniotic membrane, autologous conjunctiva, and pseudopterygium to reconstruct external eyes for severe ocular burns with symblepharon."1
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VEGF. PEDF. "Intravitreal bevacizumab injections resulted in reduced aqueous VEGF and increased PEDF levels in patients with CNV secondary to age-related macular degeneration or pathologic myopia."
To assess changes in levels of aqueous vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF); aqueous samples were taken from the eyes of fifty one patients, and concentrations of VEGF / PEDF were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The patients in Hong Kong opted for intravitreal.....
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Contact lenses. "Even though doctors and manufacturers provide instructions about caring and wearing contact lenses, less than half of wearers (46 percent) always replace their contact lenses ..."
A contact lens reminder service has been launched.
More information from a Release dated September 3:
VISTAKON(R) Brings ACUMINDER(TM) to Facebook Users
Popular Electronic Contact Lens Reminder Service Launches on Social Networking Site; Contact Lens Wearers Self-Report Better Compliance with.....
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Dry AMD. Retinitis pigmentosa. Treatment. Fast track designations.
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc, located in Lincoln, Rhode Island, is conducting trials of NT-501 for treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry AMD.
Neurotech has informed that "NT-501 is an intraocular, cell containing polymer implant designed to provide continuous, long-term release of the therapeutic protein.....
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LASIK. PRK. Comparison. "The superiority of LASIK over PRK in short-term efficacy was not retained 4 years after surgery."
Comparison of the outcomes of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) during a 4-year follow-up period at the Miyata Eye Hospital, in Miyazaki, Japan.
Dr Shiro Amano and researchers from the Miyata Eye Hospital, in Miyazaki, Japan, and from the University of Tokyo Graduate School of.....
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T-cell mediated ophthalmic diseases. "LFA-1 antagonists mediate both migration and adhesion of the white blood cells to sites of inflammation as part of the body's immune response ..."
Initiation of a clinical trial of a small molecule LFA-1 product candidate for T-cell mediated ophthalmic diseases ...
Tom Gadek, PhD, CEO of SARcode Corporation has informed:
"LFA-1 antagonists mediate both migration and adhesion of the white blood cells to sites of inflammation as part of the body's immune.....
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Retreatment after LASIK. "Lifting the corneal flap after cutting the epithelium on the flap edges, is easy to perform and has a very low incidence of epithelial ingrowth."
Researchers from the University of Nottingham, in Nottingham, United Kingdom, have evaluated "the results of LASIK re-treatment for under correction or regression after primary LASIK procedures for myopia and myopic astigmatism."1
The eye care specialists from Nottingham have concluded:
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Glaucoma. "After adjusting for age, gender, smoking, IOP and other vascular risk factors, persons with narrower retinal arteriolar and venular caliber were more likely to have glaucoma ..."
Eye surgeons and researchers from Singapore National Eye Centre, and from Singapore Eye Research Institute, in Singapore; observed 3,019 Malay adults, aged between forty and eighty years, to evaluate the relationship between retinal vascular caliber and glaucoma.
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Iris scans. "... one major drawback - they can be spoofed by a sufficiently sophisticated intruder."
Masakatsu Nishigaki and Daisuke Arai of Shizuoka University, Japan, have noted the use of biometrics for user authentication.
"Biometrics makes it possible to authenticate a person accurately," they inform.
"However, biometric information can easily be leaked or copied ... It is therefore desirable to.....
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Eye problems. Schizophrenia. "... Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, which is a wide-ranging condition mainly known for its associated eye and and kidney problems but also does cause behavioral defects in some patients"
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have reported molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three previously known, but unrelated proteins.
Johns Hopkins University geneticist and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Nicholas Katsanis PhD, and his colleagues have discovered that a.....
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Cataract. Radiation exposure. Cardiologists. Changes in lens. "... assess retrospectively what radiation dose these cardiologists received, and then correlate the data with changes in their lens."
The International Atomic Energy Agency has informed:
"The issue of radiation protection for medical personnel is particularly acute in the case of lengthy angioplasty and other cardiac interventions performed under X-ray fluoroscopic guidance."
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Acupuncture. Moxibustion. Shanghai. Pigmentary degeneration of retina, macular degeneration, glaucoma and optic atrophy.
Researchers from the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai TCM University, in Shanghai, China, have presented an article titled: "Analysis on literature of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of intractable eye diseases".
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Regenerative transplants. Iris. Pigment cells. "Regenerated pigment epithelium expressed its functional marker ... blocking of signals required for melanocyte development abolished the differentiation of transplanted melanocytes."
"Regenerative transplantation of embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived melanocytes into adult tissues, especially skin that includes hair follicles or the hair follicle itself, generally not possible, whereas that of ES cell-derived pigmented epithelium was reported previously."1
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Use of ranibizumab and pegaptanib. AMD.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in London, United Kingdom has issued a "guidance on the use of ranibizumab and pegaptanib for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)..."
More information from document issued by NICE on August 27:
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Contact Lenses. The Cooper Companies Inc. Production of silicone hydrogel toric
The Cooper Companies Inc reported third quarter Fiscal 2008 revenue "increased 14% year-over-year to $285.9 million".
Robert S Weiss, Cooper's CEO said: "The overall business continues to make positive strides including strong revenue growth supported by our Proclear(r) line of products and our silicone.....
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Canaloplasty. Glaucoma. "Once completed successfully, this procedure rejuvenates the native drainage system, thus lowering the pressure in the eye."
iScience Interventional, located in Menlo Park, California, has reported:
"... canaloplasty ... treatment for POAG patients with uncontrolled eye pressure."
"During the 30 minute procedure, the surgeon inserts a microcatheter through a small incision, enlarges the main drainage channel and places a small.....
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Anti-VEGF drugs. "Finally the torment faced by elderly people forced to either spend their life savings on private treatment or go blind, is over."
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), in London, United Kingdom, has indicated that guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) "will save the sight of thousands affected by the UK’s leading cause of blindness ..."
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