Blindness

MAUI, Hawaii -- At Retina Meeting 2012 today, Reid Schindler, M.D., presented positive Phase I data from a human study designed to assess a new investigational therapy to treat Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration...

ACTON, Mass. -- AbiSee Inc. (www.abisee.com) is proud to announce an exclusive dealer partnership arrangement with Vision Dynamics (http://www.visiondynamics.com), a Cheshire, Connecticut-based provider of products and services for the blind and visually impaired...

Wills Eye Institute receives IRB approval to treat dry-AMD using ACT's hESC-derived retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. ("ACT"; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced it will make its first milestone payment to ForSight VISION4, Inc. as part of...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Global acquirer, leasor and seller of commercial jet aircraft Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) on Thursday announced that it is partnering with ORBIS International to provide eye care services to...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Global acquirer, leasor and seller of commercial jet aircraft Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) on Thursday announced that it is partnering with ORBIS International to provide eye care services to...

Pharmacists at 29 select Winn-Dixie stores in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa to help Diabetes Control Program participants learn to better manage their disease ORLANDO, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie is joining the Diabetes Prevention and...

HEADNOTE Lam, Kalogridis, Parry Receive Honors PHILANTHROPY Ncwpoit Beach-based Orange County Community Foundation awarded $28.9 million for its 2011 fiscal year, a 30% increase over 2010. The foundation helps donors make charitable contributions...

Says Plan to Buy Nook E-readers Discriminates Against Blind Students BALTIMORE -- TheNational Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for access to technology by the blind, announced today that it...

ACQUISITIONS Fisher Unitech Inc., Troy, a SolidWorks reseller, purchased the SolidWorks business unit of R&D Technologies, a reseller with offices in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Rockbridge Growth Equity LLC, Detroit, a private equity...

Prevent Blindness America and Uvex, Honeywell Products' eyewear brand, have launched a web -based initiative that aims to reduce work -related eye injuries. Eye2Eye features a peer-based, interactive curriculum and community- oriented forum...

Cattle, hamsters, and sea lions may seem like an odd combination, but they do have something in common- leptospirosis, a contagious disease found in all farm animals, rodents, and wildlife. Leptospirosis, which is...

I. INTRODUCTION: THE SUPREME COURT SETS A COLORBLIND PARADIGM . . .[I]n finding that a segregated law school for Negroes could not provide them equal educational opportunities, this Court relied in large part...

Do you take your shoes off when you step on the scales at the doctor's office? I do. In fact, even when I was young and skinny, I still took my shoes off...

A Conversation with ... V.P., Marketing;, Paint Pockets David Wentworth is the VP of Marketing for Paint Pockets, the single-stage overspray arrestor company in Omaha, Neb. But in reality, David is a roaring...

IN the context of environmental accidents, such as the deep-water drilling oil spill in the Gulf, corporations and individuals face exposure to prosecution under federal environmental statutes, including the Clean Water Act (CWA),...

Gene mutation is far more common and more natural than some people may think. Although we tend to think of ourselves as genetically stable entities, the truth is that every one of us...

SUBJECT INDEX BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Augmented, Anonymous, Accountable: The Emerging Digital Lifestyle, Erica Orange, July-August 2011. The Case against Cash, David Warwick, July-August 2011. Why Farmers Need a Pay Raise, Julian Cribb, May-June...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Almost 2,000 Hispanics donate organs every year in the United States, saving countless lives in the process, a contribution that will be recognized by the Donate Life float taking part...