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Wiley X to Donate 2010 Sales of Lacey Sunglasses to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Wiley X® is proud to announce that for the entire year of 2010, it will donate $2.50 from the sale of each non-polarized pair of its popular Lacey sunglasses and $3.50 from each polarized pair of the line to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

22 Oct 2009

IQ 532 Dual-Port Opthalmic Green Laser Photocoagulator from IRIDEX

IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today announced the introduction of the IQ 532(TM) dual-port ophthalmic green laser photocoagulator which will be featured at the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco.

21 Oct 2009

Modular Multi-Wavelength Laser Photocoagulator Solution from IRIDEX

IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today announced the introduction of a Modular Multi-Wavelength laser photocoagulator solution, which will be featured at the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco.

21 Oct 2009

Two Experimental Treatments on Eye Diseases Show Promising Results

Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news on brain science and health, may lead to new treatments for the blind. Researchers also reported that an engineered protein restored vision in an animal model and identified ways to improve stem cell treatments.

21 Oct 2009

Abbott Acquires Privately Held Visiogen; Expands Vision Care Business

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of privately held eye care company Visiogen, expanding the company's vision care business with a next-generation accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) technology to address presbyopia for cataract patients.

21 Oct 2009

VisionCare to Present its Implantable Telescope Technology at AAO Annual Meeting and OIS

VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices for individuals with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), today announced upcoming scientific and corporate presentations on its implantable telescope technology. VisionCare's investigational telescope implant is the first medical device to be recommended for FDA approval by the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel for End-Stage AMD, a leading cause of untreatable blindness in the U.S.

21 Oct 2009

EnSpire With Ultra Sensitive Luminescence Detection from PerkinElmer

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today launched the latest expansion of the EnSpire¢â Multilabel Plate Reader platform ¦¡ EnSpire, with ultra sensitive luminescence detection. This new detection capability provides scientists, including those working with primary or stem cells in cancer and neuropharmacology research, with enhanced capabilities to improve assay performance and sensitivity.

20 Oct 2009

Caltech Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Robot to Help Improve Visual Prostheses Design

A mobile, four-wheeled platform, CYCLOPS may help refine and enhance the design of visual prostheses

20 Oct 2009

PerkinElmer Launches New Tools to Enhance Research for Neurological Disorders

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the introduction of several new tools to improve the speed and effectiveness of research for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and other central nervous system disorders.

19 Oct 2009

Study Reveals Peripheral Vision is Important for Perceiving Scenes

Two Kansas State University psychology researchers have found that although central vision allows our eyes to discern the details of a scene, our peripheral vision is most important for telling us what type of scene we're looking at in the first place, such as whether it is a street, a mountain or a kitchen.

19 Oct 2009

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