AMD: Retraining the Eye

[Note: this is an older, but still potentially useful, article from the RPB archives.] Janet P. Szlyk, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago College of... Read more...

Blood Sugar and Glycemic Index

One key to long-term health is eating a low glycemic index (GI) diet. The GI ranks carbohydrate-containing foods according to how quickly they raise blood glucose levels: the higher the GI ranking, the greater the impact. Studies have... Read more...

Diet and Ocular Disease

[Note: this is an older, but still potentially useful, article from the RPB archives.] Julie A. Mares-Perlman, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School Madison, Wisconsin SUMMARY Studies in the Beaver Dam Eye Study Cohort add... Read more...

Discovery Opens Path for Drugs to Treat, Prevent Devastating Eye Diseases

SALT LAKE CITY –Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness—age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy—can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells,... Read more...

Immune Cell Clues To Age-Related Macular Degeneration

An RPB researcher has found that the age of immune cells, called macrophages, may be key in determining whether damaging blood vessels will form beneath the retina and contribute to vision loss in age-related macular degeneration.  A... Read more...

New Hope for Regenerating the Human Retina

In a radical breakthrough, RPB scientists have demonstrated the possibility of chemically signaling the eye's own resources to regenerate retina cells, without transplanting retinal tissue or stem cells.        ... Read more...

New Retinal Disease Discovered

RPB-supported researchers have found a new, rare inherited retinal disease. The  investigators hope that finding the genetic cause will increase understanding of more common retinal diseases. The macula, located within the retina, is... Read more...

Novel Pathway Helps Eyes Quickly Adapt to Darkness

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown pathway in the retina that allows photoreceptor cells to adapt following changes in light exposure. The discovery could help scientists better understand diseases that affect the retina.... Read more...

RPB-Supported Scientist Revolutionizes Gene Research

A dramatic new study, supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, questions some of the mechanisms underlying a new class of drugs based on Nobel Prize-winning work designed to fight diseases ranging from macular degeneration to... Read more...

RPB Annual Reports

Scientists Successfully Awaken Sleeping Stem Cells

Boston, MA—Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have discovered what chemical in the eye triggers the dormant capacity of certain non-neuronal cells to transform into progenitor cells, a stem-like cell that can generate new... Read more...

Stem Cells Generate New Retinal Cells Necessary for Vision

Pluripotent stem cells — those, like embryonic stem cells, that give rise to almost every type of cell in the body — can be converted into the different classes of retinal cells necessary for vision, according to a new,... Read more...

Test for Macular Degeneration

For accurate testing you must print the Amsler Grid, which appears on one side of RPB's Visual Acuity Card. Do not use screen images to perform the test as they are not to scale. Print the Amsler Grid. Imprima la Cuadrícula de Amsler... Read more...

Visual Acuity Cards

Test for visual acuity using one side of this card, and for signs of macular degeneration using the other. Read more...