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Studying blindness? There’s an app for that
mrc.ukri.org/news/blog/studying-blindness-theres-an-app-for-that24-Sep-2012 - measure someone s vision; check their refractive error glasses prescription ; take photos of the back of the eye for diseases such as diabetic retinopathy
£25m to kick-start 'industrial revolution' in regenerative medicine
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/25m-to-kick-start-e28098industrial-revolutione28099-in-regenerative-medicine09-Sep-2013 - cardiovascular disease wound and musculoskeletal repair eye disorders and deafness
Scientists transplant photoreceptors from retina grown 'in a dish'
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/scientists-transplant-photoreceptors-from-retina-grown-e28098in-a-dishe2809921-Jul-2013 - The loss of photoreceptors – light sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye is a leading cause of sight loss in degenerative eye diseases
UK Biobank opens to researchers
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/uk-biobank-opens-to-researchers30-Mar-2012 - The last 100 000 participants also had hearing fitness and eye tests creating the biggest eye study ever in the process
Research sheds light on body clock and links to mental health and disease
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/research-sheds-light-on-body-clock-and-links-to-mental-health-and-disease29-Jan-2019 - It highlights the key role of the retina in the eye in helping the body to keep time
Medical breakthroughs underpinned by animal research
mrc.ukri.org/research/research-involving-animals/medical-breakthroughs-underpinned-by-animal-research18-Jul-2019 - The MRC has been funding research into gene therapy for inherited eye diseases since 2004 and animal research in mice and dogs has been vital for establishing
New multimillion India-UK research centres
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/new-multimillion-india-uk-research-centres13-Feb-2015 - for the detection and targeted delivery of antibiotics for eye infections and promote the use of these new technologies in other infective diseases
UK Biobank
mrc.ukri.org/research/facilities-and-resources-for-researchers/biobank01-May-2014 - stroke diabetes arthritis osteoporosis eye disorders depression and forms of dementia
First patient treated with stem cell therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration
mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/first-patient-treated-with-stem-cell-therapy-for-wet-age-related-macular-degeneration29-Sep-2015 - The cells are used to replace diseased ones at the back of the eye using a specially engineered patch
European Prospective Investigation of Cancer Norfolk EPIC - Norfolk
mrc.ukri.org/research/facilities-and-resources-for-researchers/cohort-directory/european-prospective-investigation-of-cancer-norfolk-epic-norfolk04-Mar-2015 - In EPIC Norfolk these include heart attacks and strokes rheumatoid arthritis diabetes thyroid disease osteoporosis dementia eye diseases and many
