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Possible Link Between Electronic Billboards and Highway Crashes
January 29, 2013 — Drivers take more and longer glances at electronic billboards than regular signs, indicating a possible link between these digital signs and highway ... > full story -
Heat Shock Proteins May Shed New Light on a Variety of Debilitating Diseases
January 28, 2013 — Researchers, in a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, have discovered for the first time that a gene thought to express a protein in all cells that come under stress is instead ... > full story -
Altering Eye Cells May One Day Restore Vision
January 28, 2013 — Doctors may one day treat some forms of blindness by altering the genetic program of the light-sensing cells of the eye, new research ... > full story -
Pavlov's Rats? Rodents Trained to Link Rewards to Visual Cues
January 23, 2013 — In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain's initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but also can "learn" time ... > full story -
Study of How Eye Cells Become Damaged Could Help Prevent Blindness
January 22, 2013 — A new study provides new insight into the mechanical properties that cause the outer segment of light-sensing cells in the eye to snap under pressure. The new experimental and theoretical findings ... > full story -
Linchpin of Skin Response to UVA Light Discovered
January 21, 2013 — Researchers have strengthened their understanding of how skin cells called melanocytes sense ultraviolet light and act to protect themselves with melanin. In a new study, they report experiments ... > full story -
Light Shed on Complexity of Gene Therapy for Congenital Blindness
January 21, 2013 — Independent clinical trials have reported safety and efficacy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a congenital form of blindness caused by mutations in a gene (RPE65) required for recycling vitamin ... > full story -
Gene in Eye Melanomas Linked to Good Prognosis
January 16, 2013 — Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal. Now, scientists report they have identified a mutated gene in melanoma tumors of the eye that appears to predict a good ... > full story -
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Light Exposure During Pregnancy Key to Normal Eye Development
January 16, 2013 — New research concludes the eye -- which depends on light to see -- also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy. Scientists say the unexpected finding offers a new basic understanding of ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Genes Responsible for Cornea Blindness
January 16, 2013 — Scientists have succeeded in identifying genes for central corneal thickness that may cause potentially blinding eye conditions. These eye conditions include glaucoma, as well as the progressive ... > full story
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