A mouse is not just a mouse
The eye disease Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of vision loss and blindness among elderly people in the Western world.
The most aggressive form is…
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Vision insight: Role of Alzheimer’s-linked APOE gene in glaucoma protection
New research led by scientists at Mass Eye and Ear and Brigham and Women's Hospital, member hospitals of Mass General Brigham, reveals the role that a genetic variant associated with…
Cataract surgery linked with lessened dementia risk
Cataracts affect most older adults at risk for dementia, and now researchers are finding strong evidence that cataract surgery is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia.
The…
Glaucoma test ‘best yet’: 15-times more likely to detect high risk…
The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma -- the leading cause of blindness worldwide -- has found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high…