Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness

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Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness Aug 1, 2007 8:36:06 GMT -5

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Post by Lady B on Aug 1, 2007 8:36:06 GMT -5

The Contest is over so I'm back to getting into mischief in other ways.

I found this news report about a potential cure for blindness in humans--especially when the blindness is the result of degeneration of cells.

news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070801/hl_nm/blindness_fish_dc

"Zebrafish study may point way to blindness cure"

The research offers tremendous hope and is very exciting news. But what I find most amazing: Who in the world thought to study these fish for this purpose in the first place!!!!

Lady B

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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness Aug 1, 2007 23:17:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Aug 1, 2007 23:17:18 GMT -5 Wow that is absolutely amazing, won't it be wonderful if that all comes true.
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krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness Aug 2, 2007 15:29:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Aug 2, 2007 15:29:18 GMT -5 double wow, that IS amazing! that would be great if they can develop it! KD
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Lady B
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Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness Aug 2, 2007 15:47:48 GMT -5

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Post by Lady B on Aug 2, 2007 15:47:48 GMT -5

This article was somewhat ironic for my husband and I on another level. Yesterday, and also last Wednesday, Bob had to undergo iridotomies, first on the right eye last week; the left eye, yesterday. It seems pressure was increasing behind his eyes and if not corrected, he would have developed glaucoma with resultant blindness. Because of incredible technological breakthroughs, ophthamologists can now use a laser beam to cut holes in the iris which allows the fluid behind the eye to flow out and over the front of the eye. I was in the procedure room with Bob and it was an incredible experience. It took close to an hour to get his pupil restricted to a pinpoint and then less than a minute to shoot in the laser beam. I kept feeling like Dr. McCoy was going to show up any minute--right after Scotty beamed us aboard!

My husband now has "holey" eyes. I hope the research with the zebrafish does work out so that other humans who might have once faced blindness are as lucky as my Bob.

Lady B

And Mother Earth spoke to me about her children and Lo! there were the rocks and minerals, the geodes and thundereggs, the crystals and agates. And I clasped them close to my heart. And Mother Earth smiled and welcomed me into her family. And I played with all the children in joy and peace forever as we all tumbled about.

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Potential Cure for Certain Types of Blindness

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