Scientists from the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention have examined whether Zika virus (ZIKV) could be detected from conjunctival swab samples of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases. The clinical…
_______________________ As someone who lost his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, Julian Jackson (ex Senior Adviser to Fight for Sight) is passionate about promoting the science behind sight and introducing the extraordinarily…
TAGUIG CITY, June 15 (PIA) – The city government of Taguig provides eye care for 30,000 senior citizens with their free eye check-up and free prescription glasses. Mayor Lani…
A researcher at the University of Houston is developing new techniques to map the structural integrity of the human cornea. The project is aimed at discovering more effective therapies for…
In a recently conducted Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Trial Eye Study, researchers discovered that intensive blood sugar control appears to reduce the risk of eye disease…
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, known in the West asAlhazen, c. 965 – c. 1040 ce, is considered as "the father of optics and describer of vision theory". "He is…