Exciting News For The Blind
November 13, 2006 by EyeBeautyTips.com
Filed under Eye Health
If you know anybody that has been blinded by
[tag-cat Eye Disease]disease[/tag-cat] pass this on, they need all the encouragement they can get and must not lose hope.
Those enterprising medical people have discovered a way to successfully transplant light sensitive retinal cells into mice.
To simplify the explanation of the procedure, they have developed photoreceptor cells that have been transplanted into the retina at the back of the eyes of mice and that have successfully integrated and not been being rejected.
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Macular Degeneration Awareness
November 8, 2006 by EyeBeautyTips.com
Filed under Eye Health
It has been announced that the Macular Disease Society (MDS) in the UK has started a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of macular degeneration.
The disease causes a loss of central vision with over half a million Britons suffering from the condition.
MDS believe that few people are aware that this condition is the largest cause of registered sight loss in the UK – and there is no known cure!
