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Eye of newt regenerates
Shakespeare’s witches may be happy to learn that one of their favorite ingredients is a renewable resource. Newts’ ability to regenerate the lenses of their eyes is not hampered by aging or repeated injury, an international team of researchers reports online July 12 in Nature Communications. Mammals, including humans, lose the ability to renew body parts with age, but newts don’t seem to have that problem. In the new study, newts regrew lenses 18 times in 16 years, with no loss of lens quality. Figuring out how newts regenerate body parts may help improve antiaging therapies for people. —Tina Hesman Saey

Eyewire Today | Hand-held Smartphone Device Developed at MIT Could Detect Cataracts at the Earliest Stages

Eyewire Today | Hand-held Smartphone Device Developed at MIT Could Detect Cataracts at the Earliest Stages

Einstein was right!

Even though this is not related to eye and ophthalmology, it is so interesting.

in reference to: Epic Discovery: New Galaxy Observations Proves Dark Energy Dominates the Universe (view on Google Sidewiki)

Lasik

An excellent article on Lasik, from American Academy of Ophthalmology.

in reference to: LASIK - Laser Eye Surgery (view on Google Sidewiki)

Age-related macular degeneration.

AMD is increasingly becoming a major cause of visual disability. The causes include : increase in age, diet and smoking. Read this article for useful information about this silent disease which is visually disabling.
Take a healthy diet, avoid smoking and go for regular eye checkups.

in reference to: BBC News - UK rise in age-related macular degeneration predicted (view on Google Sidewiki)