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Fighting Eye Disease with Science

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on August 19, 2025

This just in—Our bodies change as we age. Okay, you already knew that fact. Still, age-related changes happen in different ways, depending on many factors. When it comes to vision, some people experience age-related vision decline more severely than others, and these declines can lead to degenerative diseases such as cataract formation and age-related macular […]

Vision Breakthroughs Using Animal Models

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on August 5, 2025

Animal models in biomedical research help scientists see what works, what doesn’t and why. Two research projects—one at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute and the Morgridge Research Institute, and the other at the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—utilized animal models in vision research. What they discovered […]

How the Brain Sees Vision

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on July 22, 2025

What is going on in the brain that leads to us to look for an object, such as a coffee mug, grab it, fill it with coffee, and go about our day? What are the elements of cerebral visual impairment that both parents and healthcare providers need be on the lookout for? As always, medical […]

New Hope for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on July 8, 2025

Meibomian glands are the oil glands along the edge of the eyelid that secrete a fluid known as meibum to prevent tear evaporation and protects the eye surface. As a person ages, the meibomian glands shrink, known as meibomian gland dysfunction, and this leads to evaporative dry eye disease. This causes swollen eyelids, itchy eyes, […]

Eye Transplantation and Optic Nerve Regeneration

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on June 24, 2025

There are treatments and procedures for glaucoma and cataracts, such as cataract removal or eye drops and laser treatments, that can help preserve vision. The trouble is, once vision is lost it can’t be restored—yet. Two research projects are working to change that fact. One project under the auspices of the Advanced Research Projects Agency […]

Treatments for Childhood Myopia

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on June 10, 2025

Cases of childhood myopia, also known as nearsightedness, have increased over the past few decades. The most severe form, high myopia, could affect 1 billion people worldwide by 2050. While corrective lenses (eyeglasses or contacts) help persons with myopia achieve near 20/20 vision, the condition can lead to retinal detachment and glaucoma. There are treatments […]

Damage & Repair

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on May 27, 2025

When something breaks, you want to fix it. And when you fix the item in question, you want it to stay fixed and not keep breaking. It’s even better to find out why something is breaking so that you can fix it once and for all. The same can be said about our bodies—particularly our […]

Visual Clutter and Cognitive Processing

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on May 13, 2025

According to most studies, 80 percent of what humans learn comes from vision. Of course, all that visual information goes to the brain, where it is processed, and a person does a specific action, such as picking up an object or moving from Point A to Point B. This makes the eyes the front part […]

Ocular Melanoma News 2025 Part Two

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on April 29, 2025

Ocular Melanoma News 2025 Part One discussed research that will predict tumor metastasis and a treatment using tebentafusp that helps immune cells recognize melanoma cells. There are other potential treatments for ocular melanoma being developed. One in particular deals with learning why ocular melanoma doesn’t respond to immunotherapy and how that can be changed. Immunotherapy […]

Ocular Melanoma News 2025 Part One

Posted by Ilena Di Toro | Posted on April 15, 2025

Ocular melanoma is a rare form of cancer of the eye that diagnosed in approximately 2,500 adults in the U.S. each year. It is a malignant tumor that starts in the eyes and is most often found in fair-skinned individuals between 50 to 55 years of age. Of course, anyone of any age and race […]