Many inherited diseases are caused by mutations in a single gene (Mendelian disorder), and detection of the responsible mutation can predict development of the disease with relatively high accuracy. If your clinical findings suggest the presence of an inherited eye disease, such as those described...
The lawyer knew something was wrong with her 61-year-old mother. She had begun showing up for appointments two hours early. Or two hours late. She was paying less attention to how she looked. She'd had two wrecks in quick succession on her way to work as a judge's administrative assistant. Click...
The free, full-text of the 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)/Champalimaud Award Lecture, “ VEGF: From Discovery to Therapy,” is now available online. Joan W. Miller, MD, the Henry Willard Williams Professor and Chair of HMS Ophthalmology, presented this lecture at the...
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm, the National Eye Institute (NEI) will be hosting a discussion on Twitter about color blindness. Join them @NatEyeInstitute and use the hashtag #NEIchat to discuss color blindness facts and how it can affect daily life.
This project involved a testing of wake maintenance systems using a 64 hour vigil to challenge the inflammatory (measured in blood), metabolic (hormonal and glucose tolerance testing) and autonomic systems (catecholamine and blood pressure) to investigate whether the inflammatory response to sleep...
A Summary of Services available in the NCFG: Analysis of potential Glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) on various glycan arrays (CFG glycan array, Microbial glycan array, NCFG-derived arrays) Structural analysis of glycans by mass spectrometry and chromatographic techniques. Production of naturally...