Do you see well in the dark? Human eyes are a masterpiece unto themselves, as long as they don’t break down. And then when they begin to deteriorate, which sooner or later happens to everyone, that degree of admiration for the eyes and beauty of the world decreases. But when that vision returns, especially with … Continue reading NEW EYES
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Readers of the blog that visit BEI so often ask “Why haven’t you published a book?” that the thought of it has become quite sensible. Indeed, all of these little articles together could make a nice book. Our working title Through The Eyes of an Ophthalmologist and we’re publishing several chapters. WE TRADITIONALLY WISH EACH … Continue reading ARTHUR BENJAMIN: THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK
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The Cleveland Clinic makes annual predictions about the development of medicine in the upcoming year. Let’s take a look at the first five. Gene Therapy for Hereditary Retinal Diseases This gene (the name won’t tell you anything) is responsible for the formation of the eyes’ light receptors, and if you get a defective version it … Continue reading WAITING FOR GOOD NEWS?
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No, this isn’t about the forgotten Greek god of sight, although close – Optos is a machine. But let’s start from the beginning. It was a rare occasion when I visited BEI as a patient. Sitting in the waiting room, which always reminds me of the spaceship entrance in Return from the Stars, I took … Continue reading OPTOS the GREAT
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We produce just as much information as we do garbage. What will be in the libraries and archives of the future? Should they save every tweet? Is it necessary to store everything in all the biobanks with their samples of organisms? If so, how and where? In space? The Arctic? The ocean? Nanotechnology proposes to … Continue reading CHECK INTO THE DNA LIBRARY
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THE VICTORY OVER MACULAR DEGENERATION – COMING SOON! “If macular degeneration (MD) were a country, it would be the eighth most populous country in the world,” said one scientist. Yes – 200 million people would live there. Remember, this is the primary reason for loss of vision. Finally, there’s a light at the end of … Continue reading ON GRADUAL VICTORIES IN SCIENCE (part 1)
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“One step forward, two steps back” – this was the name of one of Lenin’s works which students in the Soviet Union were forced to study. Another of these classic articles was called “Better Fewer, But Better”. I, thank God, don’t remember what these articles were about, but their names sound relevant for today. Now, … Continue reading 10,000 STEPS – BETTER FEWER, BUT BETTER!
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There was an unforgettable scene in the movie Minority Report with an eye implantation. In this new world (which we have almost already lived through), personality was identified through the eyes, and our hero Tom Cruise was at large, forced to have an operation at the hands of a somewhat-criminal ophthalmologist. This operation was successful, … Continue reading Do eyes have immunity?
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It’s possible we will live to see a time where a blood test will show almost everything, and steps in this direction have already been done. Ideally, a person would donate blood once a year, and then for many of the undiagnosed out there the disease will be detected at its earliest stages. This post … Continue reading WHAT BLOOD CAN TELL YOU
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Today, we talked with eye surgeon Arthur Benjamin on a somewhat unexpected topic. Is it possible to treat cataracts without surgery? When we talk about cataracts, the word “treatment” isn’t quite appropriate. It would be more precise to ask, “How do we deal with cataract symptoms using non-surgical methods?” The cataracts dispel light. And sometimes … Continue reading CATARACTS: IS IT POSSIBLE TO POSTPONE THE SURGERY? (p. 1)
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