Harper was born with brain damage, cerebral palsy, and optic nerve hypoplasia. She’s blind in one eye and uses a gait trainer to get around. Her mom and three older sisters do everything they ...

Fong and his team continue to use Oz to study and treat color blindness, as well as model various eye diseases. In addition, the team is looking into ways to use Oz to provide an experience that ...

Nerve or neuropathic pain has long been a tricky condition to treat effectively. However, a new study has comprehensively evaluated current drug and non-drug therapies to provide up-to-date ...

I interviewed a person with optic nerve hypoplasia and she said, “I also want to emphasize that people with disabilities deserve their independence and do not always need help, or for people to ...

bcm.edu Optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) is the most common congenital optic nerve anomaly and a leading cause of blindness in the USA. Although most cases of ONH occur as isolated cases within their ...

The data discussed above are consistent with a model (Fig. 3) in which LIM1 together with transcription factors such as BRN1 activate Dll1 in cells of the renal vesicle that will give rise to ...

This finding suggests that deep optic nerve head circulation may play a role in glaucoma pathogenesis, according to the report. “The optic disc microvasculature directly supplies the lamina cribrosa, ...

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