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Cigarette and eyes: smoke can kill cells, as study reveals

Cigarette and eyes: smoke can kill cells, as study reveals

Everyone already knows that cigarettes are bad for health. This includes the eyes. For example, smoke is a risk factor for various diseases such as dry eye syndrome, glaucoma, cataract, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). A recent study made in Japan revealed...

Research identifies a new cell type in retina

Research identifies a new cell type in retina

Retinal neurons were first identified more than 100 years ago. But now scientists at the University of Utah in the United States have discovered a new type of retinal cell. Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, United States, the research found...

A cure for Diabetes? Stem cell research solves problem in mice

A cure for Diabetes? Stem cell research solves problem in mice

The search for a cure for diabetes is one of the main aspects of the health research sector. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 422 million people suffer from the disease worldwide. It is also responsible for 1.6 million annual deaths. Scientists at the...

Study uses gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve

Study uses gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve

Can you imagine regenerating the damaged optic nerve with gene therapy and being able to recover patients with glaucoma? A research from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) has achieved promising results in this regard. Through gene therapy, scientists have...

Gene therapy for retinal dystrophy has first drug approved

Gene therapy for retinal dystrophy has first drug approved

04Anvisa has approved the first product of gene therapy in Brazil, for treating Hereditary Retinal Dystrophy (HRD), as Leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa. There was no therapeutic alternative for the problem, so far. Voretigene neparvopeque (trade...