You searched for "blind"
RNIB gets ‘izzy-wizzy’ to celebrate Sooty’s 75th anniversary
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) celebrates Sooty’s 75th anniversary by launching a new Sooty Collection Box, which has been given a modernised glow-up.What's trending Aug/Sep 2018
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #QueenElizabeth #cataract It is well and truly summer! Queen Elizabeth was spotted in her sunnies during recent events, not just...In conversation with Charles Leclercq (ARxVision)
Julian Jackson (Founder and Director, VisionBridge) spoke to Charles Leclercq (CEO, ARx) about the ARxVision, a wearable device that captures the world around us through audio and artificial intelligence to empower blind and low-vision individuals. You can read the Eye...Music and song inspire Freya to start speaking
30 January 2024
|
More Than Meets The Eye, Charity, Sight Scotland, campaign, sight loss, Royal Blind School
Freya Reily, who is six years old from Tranent in East Lothian, is more than meets the eye. Freya, who was born very prematurely and has severe vision impairment, has been inspired by music and song to start speaking, something that her parents did not think was possible just a few short months ago.
OCT Angiography in Retinal and Macular Diseases
OCT angiography (OCT-A) is based on the concept that in a static eye, the only moving structure in the fundus of the eye is blood flowing through the vessels. This book explains how the technique allows a depth-resolved analysis and...Restoration of colour perception in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
7 April 2021
| Anna Song
|
Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
|
Color vision, Retinal degeneration, Retinal stimulation, Vision restoration, Visual prosthesis
This is a case series testing the feasibility of using bioelectronic retinal prostheses to partially restore colour perception in seven patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa. Bioelectronic retinal prostheses are able to bypass degenerated photoreceptors to directly stimulate the inner retinal...
What characteristics are linked with adolescent blindness and severe visual impairment
The authors present a retrospective cohort analysis which aimed to characterise the risk factors for adolescents being blind or severely visually impaired. The publicly available National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) was used as the data source and...Overcoming sight impairment for the Race Across the World!
RNIB’s Tricia travels the world and takes her message that "sight loss doesn’t stop you doing anything" to BBC One.Report on preoperative visual acuities of patients from two AMM surgical trips to Magdalena, Northern Bolivia
The Andean Medical Mission (AMM), founded in 2012, recently celebrated 12 years of dedicated service in the Bolivian Amazon, aiming to eliminate avoidable blindness. Over this period, AMM has successfully performed over 1700 surgeries, including for children with congenital or...What's trending Apr/May 2024
3 April 2024
| Amit Dhalla
|
Ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #GrahamNorton #eyelids Graham Norton’s chat show is always a must-watch in my book. I was particularly surprised to find two eye-related...
MicroRNAs in cataract
1 August 2016
| Graham Wallace
|
Cataract and Refractive
|
Age-related cataract, Lens epithelial cells, Lgr4, MicroRNA let-7b, Ultraviolet irradiation
In an ageing population cataract formation is one of the leading causes of blindness. Cataracts are caused by a failure to clear accumulating aggregated proteins in the lens. MicroRNAs are small non-coding transcripts which bind to specific mRNAs acting at...
Fight for Sight to maximise impact by funding solutions-focused research in priority eye conditions
1 August 2018
| Rod McNeil
|
Ophthalmology
Fight for Sight aims to stop sight loss by funding pioneering research. Rod McNeil takes a look at the Primer Fellowship Awards programme, which provides funding for up to £60,000 for individuals to undertake vision-related research for one year. Among...