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Date Time Researchers develop antibody drug that could treat diabetic retinopathy The life-saving diabetic medication insulin, developed at the University of Toronto 100 years ago, was the first biologic therapy – a protein to treat disease. Now, a new biologic therapy developed by U of T researchers has potential to reverse a common diabetes complication. A team led by Stéphane Angers, professor and associate dean of research at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, has developed a synthetic antibody as a promising treatment for diabetic retinopathy, which causes blindness and affects about...

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) A catastrophic drop in atmospheric ozone levels around the tropics is likely to have contributed to a bottleneck in the human population around 60 to 100,000 years ago, an international research team has suggested. The ozone loss, triggered by the eruption of the Toba supervolcano located in present-day Indonesia, might solve an evolutionary puzzle that scientists have been debating for decades. “Toba has long been posited as a cause of the bottleneck, but initial investigations into the climate variables of temperature and precipitat...

Updated Mar 08, 2021 | 10:53 IST The global population is ageing, and so are their eyes. In fact, the number of people with vision impairment and blindness is expected to more than double over the next 30 years. Study shows that mortality is associated with vision impairment | Photo Credit: Pixabay  Washington: Researchers recently during a meta-analysis found that blindness and impairment of vision are closely associated with increased mortality risk. This has prompted a need to address global eye health disparities. The global population is ageing, and so are thei...

Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 17:10 IST Do you ever wonder how COVID-19 affected your eye health? Here is what you need to know about it. Throwback: Here's how the eye health of people was affected after the pandemic | Photo Credit: Pixabay  Key Highlights The ophthalmologist is the doctor that deals with issues related to the human eye Here is what you must know about the effect of the pandemic on the eye health New Delhi: Eyes play a crucial role in people's everyday lives. Even minor damage to them can cause a significant obstruction in our lifestyle. This makes maint...

Stoic Venture Capital biopharmaceutical investee company Exonate has begun clinical trials of an eye drop treatment for retinal vascular disease such as...