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Research to Prevent Blindness

Stem Cells Regenerate Human Lens After Cataract Surgery In Children

congenital cataract

A new approach to removing congenital cataracts in infants allows remaining stem cells to regrow functional lenses.

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A Career Retooled

Dr. Beebe

Dr. David Beebe's studies of the vitreous body - the gel that fills the eye - are aimed at identifying the mechanism responsible for age-related nuclear cataracts and open angle glaucoma.

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Eye Drops Could Clear Up Cataracts Using Newly Identified Chemical

Dog with cataracts

RPB-supported researchers have partially reversed cataracts in dogs using eye drops and injections of a naturally occurring steroid in the human body.

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New research sheds light on how UV rays may contribute to cataract

cataract

A new study offers an explanation for how years of chronic sunlight exposure can increase the risk of cataract, a clouding of the eye lens that typically occurs with aging. The study firms up a link between the...

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Contacts better than permanent lenses for babies after cataract surgery

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For adults and children who undergo cataract surgery, implantation of an artificial lens is the standard of care. But a clinical trial, funded jointly by RPB and the National Eye Institute, suggests that for most...

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Healthy Diet May Reduce Cataracts in Women

Women who eat foods rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals appear to have a lower risk of developing cataracts, according to a large population study.Read the press release.Read the article.Read the abstract.

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