A researcher at Texas State University in San Marcos has developed an improved method for ocular biometrics or eye scanning that can’t be fooled by “fake eyes.” South Texas Technology Management (STTM), the regional University of Texas System technology transfer office managed by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has filed a patent application for the technology and is
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Fake Eyes Will Be Thwarted By Researcher’s New Scanning Technology
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4183 days ago (Editorial)Lab Close To Growing Full Corneas
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4168 days ago (Editorial)
Auckland University researchers believe they are just five to 10 years from growing entire human corneas in the laboratory to implant into patients' damaged eyes. Professor Charles McGhee, the head of the university's National Eye Centre, performed New Zealand's first laboratory-cultured stem cell operations on patients with damaged corneas in 2010, improving the sight of most of the affected eye
Women Have Bigger Pupils than Men
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4074 days ago (Editorial)
From an anatomical point of view, a normal, non-pathological eye is known as an emmetropic eye, and has been studied very little until now in comparison with myopic and hypermetropic eyes. The results show that healthy emmetropic women have a wider pupil diameter than men. Normal, non-pathological emmetropic eyes are the most common type amongst the population (43.2%), with a percentage that swi
Eye May Be Key to More Accurate ADHD Diagnosis
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4028 days ago (Editorial)
Examining the retina may aid in the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new research suggests. A small study by investigators at Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany, showed that patients with ADHD displayed significantly elevated "background noise" on a pattern electroretinogram (PERG) compared with their healthy peers. Altered visual signal processing may be
Light in Womb’ gives Healthy Eyes in Mice
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4021 days ago (Editorial)
Light passing through the body and into the womb has an important role in the developing eye, US researchers have discovered. A study, published in the journal Nature, showed that mice spending pregnancy in complete darkness had babies with altered eye development. It indicated tiny quantities of light were needed to control blood vessel growth in the eye. The researchers hope the findings will a
Potential Medical Applications for Stretchable, Transparent Graphene-Metal Nanowire Electrode
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4010 days ago (Editorial)
A hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode could open the new way for flexible displays, solar cells, and even electronic devices fitted on a curvature substrate such as soft eye contact lenses, by the UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) research team. Transparent electrodes are in and of themselves nothing all that new - they have been widely used in things like touch
Ways to Reduce Risk of Glaucoma
Posted by Praveen (#2) 3973 days ago (Editorial)
There is no cure for glaucoma; treatment usually slows the progression of the disease. To reduce high eye pressure, practice a healthy lifestyle with these natural ways that help you maintain good vision.
Prevent Diabetes: Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels: the American Diabetes Association says. In order to reduce high eye pressure, it is best to avoid foods that cause your insulin levels to rise
Prevent Diabetes: Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels: the American Diabetes Association says. In order to reduce high eye pressure, it is best to avoid foods that cause your insulin levels to rise
Gene Expression in the Human Retina
Posted by Praveen (#2) 3962 days ago (Editorial)
Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have published the most thorough description of gene expression in the human retina reported to date. In a study published in the journal BMC Genomics, Drs. Michael Farkas, Eric Pierce and colleagues in the Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) at Mass. Eye and Ear reported a complete catalog of the genes expressed in the retina.
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