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Health

Parkinson’s? Rapid horizontal eye movement can improve stability

Pranjal Malewar

Vertical eye movements increased body sway in an experiment involving volunteers with the disease.

First author Jenny Witten in front of the micro-psychophysical setup.
Health

Researchers reveal tiny eye movements aid in sharp vision

Ashwini Sakharkar

Subtle eye movements optimize vision.

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Health

A new method for treating dry eyes

Pranjal Malewar

The technology utilizes the eye's own mechanism.

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Health

A gene therapy restored helpful vision to patients with rare, inherited blindness

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists showed a very clean safety profile and efficacy.

Microscopy image of a developing zebrafish retina, with cell nuclei (blue) and membranes (yellow) shown.
Science

Cell nuclei control eye and brain tissues during embryonic development

Amit Malewar

How cell nuclei organize eyes and brain.

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Technology

Cortical implants are unlikely to ‘exceed normal human vision’

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers created a computational model that simulates the experience of a wide range of human cortical studies.

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Health

Bird flu lasts over an hour on dairy equipment

Dr. Prajakta Banik

H5N1 and H1N1 stay in raw milk on milking equipment.

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Health

Researchers investigate impacts of space travel on eye health

Amit Malewar

An unexpected eye-opener of space travel!

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Neuroscience

New breakthrough advances vision implants

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Flexible polymer electrodes enable stable visual perception.

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Science

Pupils enlarge when people focus on tasks

Pranjal Malewar

Eye-opener!

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Health

Seaweed gel therapy for blindness caused by retinal detachment

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Injectable hydrogel with tamponading function for retinal detachment.

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Biology

Unraveling the mystery of a creature that evolved eyes with a lens

Pranjal Malewar

The researchers lay out what factors led to this peculiar arrangement.

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Science

Researchers discover ancient origins of light-sensing cells in retina

Amit Malewar

Specialized cells that simultaneously signal the presence of light in two unique ways.

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Parenting

How genes affect what infants like to look at

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Genetic variation in infants' social vs. non-social object gaze.

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Neuroscience

Your eyes and ears talk with each other, study

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists know what they’re saying.

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Environment

Scientists studied tumors in green sea turtles

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Environmental factors linked to tumor formation following herpesvirus infection.

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Health

Rare disease’s shared mechanism with cystic fibrosis

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Unraveling ER-associated degradation's role in cystinosis pathogenesis and the potential for precision medicine.

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Biology

Scientists uncover 135 novel genes controlling skin pigmentation

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Revealing the factors behind human pigmentation: Genome-wide genetic search.

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Invention

Butterfly-inspired films create vibrant colors while cooling objects passively

Vidya Nagalwade

Nanofilms could significantly reduce cooling energy in buildings and vehicles.

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Health

A new ML model can identify mild cognitive impairment from retinal scans

Pranjal Malewar

A non-invasive and inexpensive method of identifying the early signs of cognitive impairment.

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Psychology

Life motion perception develops in eye pupils

Vidya Nagalwade

The pupil of the eye indicates living motion awareness.

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Biology

Exploring the human retina: A detailed look

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A new atlas illustrates how the human retina is developing.

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Science

Our ancestors evolved from water to land

Vidya Nagalwade

Fish have evolved a blinking behavior that is similar to our blinking.

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Science

Scientists now traced the 500 million-year-old origin of vertebrate IRBP to a bacterial source

Amit Malewar

Vertebrates acquired a special protein from bacteria more than 500 million years ago.

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Technology

Smart contact lens capable of implementing AR-based navigation

Pranjal Malewar

The lenses can implement AR-based navigation through a 3D printing process.

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Health

New contact lenses prevent contact lens-induced dry eye

Pranjal Malewar

Contact lenses to treat dry eye syndrome.

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Health

Dry eye disease alters how the eye’s cornea heals itself after injury

Pranjal Malewar

Mouse study IDs gene and proteins that could be targeted for therapy.

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Science

Producing eye tissue using stem cells and 3D bioprinting

Amit Malewar

Technique provides model for studying genesis of age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases.

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Health

Adult brain has the potential to recover from inherited blindness partially

Pranjal Malewar

Eye-opening discovery about adult brain’s ability to recover vision.

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Science

DNA organization in human retinal cells revealed using a 3D map

Pranjal Malewar

This is the first detailed integration of retinal regulatory genome topology.

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