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2013
- Three NEI Grantees Join Prestigious National Academy of Sciences 05/15/13
- NEI Grantee Edward Boyden Honored with Prestigious Million Euro Brain Prize 03/13/13
- NEI-Funded Device for People with RP Gets FDA Approval 02/18/2013
- Webinar-Between Thought and Therapy: Translating Neurobiology Research into Treatments 01/30/2013
- New Findings Suggest Need for Combined Strategy in Treatment of Rare Form of Blindness 01/25/2013
- NEI Grantee Receives Prestigious Award in Biophysics 01/14/2013
- NEI History - Remembering Dr. Alfred J. (Chris) Coulombre 01/02/13
2012
- NEI Welcomes Its First Stadtman Investigator 10/3/12
- See, Hear, Speak: Are Kids' Senses Ready for School? 9/17/12
- Retinal Device Restores Sight in Mice 9/07/12
- Emily Chew Joins ARVO Board of Trustees 08/22/12
- NEI Grantee Pawan Sinha, Ph.D. Receives Presidential Award 8/20/12
- National Advisory Eye Council Recommendation: Challenge the Public to Identify Audacious Goals in Vision Research and Blindness Rehabilitation 7/09/12
- ARVO President Visits the NEI 6/25/12
- Eye Information Available in NIHSeniorHealth.gov 6/14/12
- Alcon Research Institute Awards Rachel Caspi 6/14/12
- Brian Brooks Wins Translational Research Award 6/14/12
- United States and United Kingdom Collaborate on Ocular Immunology 6/5/2012
- NEI Hosts Director of Suraj Eye Institute 4/9/2012
- NEI Hosts University of Philippines Chancellor 4/9/2012
- NEI-funded Scientists Create "New Eye Tissues" from Blood Cells in a Petri Dish 4/6/2012
- ARVO Honors Three NEI Scientists 3/14/2012
- NEI Scientist Receives Alcon Award 3/14/2012
- New App to the Help the Blind Recognize Objects 3/14/2012
- NEI-funded Labs Implicate Inflammasomes in Common Eye Disease 2012
- Canine Study Puts Gene Therapy for X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa in Sight 2012
- Project Prakash Enlightens Our Understanding of Vision 2012
2011
- Decorative Contact Lenses 10/27/11
- Funded by National Eye Institute, Makers of Bionic Eye Receive Eight Millionth Patent 9/22/2011
- NEI Displays Eye Health PSA in Times Square 7/01/2011
- Going Blind—Film and Discussion 6/14/2011
- NEI Researcher Hikosaka Elected to AAAS 6/06/2011
- LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project 3/28/2011
- Student's Lab Experience at NEI 2/23/2011
- NEI Mourns Richard F. Mercer 1/21/11
- A Curry Spice May Cure Some Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa 2011
- A New Small Molecule 'Cocktail' Facilitates Mass Production of Nerve Cells for Replacement Therapies 2011
- Translational Research 2011
- NEI Support for Corneal Transplantation 2011
- Scientists Refine Gene Therapy for Rare Congenital Blindness 2011
- Researchers Learn How Certain Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Halt Vision-Robbing Blood Vessel Growth in the Retina 2011
- Improving Global Vision: The Path to Eliminating Trachoma 2011
- Nobel Prize Winning Research on the Physiology of Water Movement in Cells 2011
- Screening Preschoolers for Vision Disorders 2011
- Using Brain Signals to Drive Prosthetic Devices 2011
2010
- Brian P. Brooks, M.D., Ph.D. Receives Presidential Award 11/09/10
- NEI Mourns Jin H. Kinoshita 08/25/10
- NEI Neuroscientist Robert H. Wurtz, Ph.D., Awarded Gruber Neuroscience Prize 07/02/10
- NEI’s Dr. Rachel R. Caspi Receives Friedenwald Award 06/07/10
- Dr. Deborah Carper Appointed NEI Deputy Director 05/21/10
- NEI Mourns Dr. M. Velma Dobson 05/03/10
- NEI Mourns Arnall Patz 03/18/10
- NEI 2009 Summer Intern an Intel Science Talent Search Finalist 02/18/10
- Myopia Increasing in the U.S. Population 02/17/10
- NEI Mourns Jean Arnwine 01/20/10
- Study on Children with Cataract Removal Reports Using a Contact Lens or an Intraocular Lens for Vision Correction Result in Similar Visual Acuities 2010
- Genome-Wide Association Scan for Age-related Macular Degeneration Reveals New Susceptibility Loci and Points to Novel Pathways Involved in Disease Pathogenesis 2010
- Gene therapy for Red-Green Color Blindness in Adult Primates 2010
- Clinical Trial of Gene Transfer Therapy for Congenital Eye Disease Finds Lasting Visual Improvement 2010
- Genetic Identification of an On-Off Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtype Reveals Neural Circuitry Underlying Perception of Motion 2010
- Gene Therapy with a Promoter Targeting both Rods and Cones Rescues Retinal Degeneration caused by AIPL1 Mutations 2010
- Clinical Trial Network Demonstrates Comparative Effectiveness of Lucentis for Reversing Some Vision Loss Caused by Diabetes 2010
- KLF Family Members Regulate Intrinsic Axon Regeneration Ability 2010
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) Are Used to Prevent Vision Loss in Rodent Model of Retinal Degeneration 2010
- Elimination of Blinding Trachoma Unexpectedly Reduces Childhood Mortality 2010
- The Standard Care vs. Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion Trial (SCORE) 2010
2009
- Recognition and thanks to M. Velma Dobson — Long time NEI Grantee 8/14/09
- Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers! 6/08/09
- Public Comment: NIH Stem Cell Guidelines 4/27/09
- M. Rosario Hernandez-Neufeld, D.D.S., (1939-2009): NEI Grantee and NAEC Member 4/13/09
- A Tongue for an Eye: Device Challenges Conventional Vision 3/10/09
- Message from the NEI Director: NIH’s Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 02/25/09
- Rachel Bishop discusses baby blue eyes (Video), 1/27/09
2008
- Email Prompts NEI Director to Examine Patient Abroad 12/22/08
- Reviving Vision, Key protein may help researchers restore light sensitivity in damaged retinas 12/15/08
- Joram Piatigorsky Receives Helen Keller Award 5/06/08
- NEI Grantee Receives $750,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award 3/19/08
- New Therapeutic Target for Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy Discovered 3/17/08
- Glaucoma Clinical Drug Trial Design and Endpoints Symposium 3/13/08 - 3/14/08
- Muriel Kaiser-Kupfer, M.D., 1936-2008 1/10/08
- NEI Mourns Ruben Adler, M.D. 1/04/08
2007
- January is Glaucoma Awareness Month 12/21/07
- NAEC Member Joins NIH Council of Councils 11/23/07
- NEI Grantee Receives 2007 NIH Director's Pioneer Award 9/24/07
- NEI Grantee Named U.S. Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences 8/27/07
- NEI Grantees Receive National Medals of Science 7/27/07
- Four Named to NEI Advisory Council 7/07
- Sieving Receives Health Care Leadership Award 6/07
2006
