Stories indexed under: Eye disease
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Team discovers gene for age-related cataracts
July 31, 2009
Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's long-running Beaver Dam Eye Study have contributed to the discovery of a gene involved in cataracts in both aging humans and in mice.
- Stem cell therapy shows promise for rescuing deteriorating vision March 28, 2007 For the millions of Americans whose vision is slowly ebbing due to degenerative diseases of the eye, the lowly neural progenitor cell may be riding to the rescue.