What a Philippine court ruling means for transgenic Golden Rice, once hailed as a dietary breakthrough
Golden Rice seemed to be on the cusp of fulfilling its promise. Decades ago, researchers created the genetically modified (GM) rice variety to combat vitamin A deficiency, a scourge of the developing world that can cause blindness and even lead to death. But for more than 20 years activists opposed to GM crops kept Golden Rice confined to laboratories and test plots.
But in 2021, the government of the Philippines granted a permit allowing the commercial planting of Malusog Rice, a Golden Rice variety tailored for local conditions and tastes. Farmers began to grow limited amounts of the grain in 2022. Officials hoped...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 3, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
News at a glance: Infrared telescope debuts, GM rice stumbles, and maternal mortality drops
ASTRONOMY
Highest scope opens its infrared eyes
After 26 years of planning and construction, the world’s highest telescope began operating in Chile this week, offering a rare opportunity to make ground-based observations far into the infrared part of the spectrum. The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory’s (TAO’s) 6.5-meter telescope is not especially large but benefits from its lofty position 5560 meters high on Cerro Chajnantor, a peak in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Moisture in the atmosphere blocks much of the infrared spectrum, and telescopes equipped to record it—such as NAS...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 2, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness to Host 13th Annual Focus on Eye Health Summit, a Two-Day Virtual Interactive Event, with theme of "Being Seen and Heard"
National nonprofit Prevent Blindness to hold the 2024 Focus on Eye Health Summit, a free virtual interactive event, July 10 and 11, 2024. CHICAGO, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, will host the 13th... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - May 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TDS Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Announces Recipients of the 2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and the Rising Visionary Award
Mission for Vision, and Dr. Erica Shelton, The Ohio State University College of Optometry, named as recipients of national Prevent Blindness awards CHICAGO, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety organization, has announced the... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FVT AWD Source Type: news
How Do You Diagnose Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion
Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as “…a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.” It is the most common physical disability in childhood. It occurs in 1:500 live births, with a prevalence as high as 2.1 case/ 1000 persons. Most patients are born full term.
There are 4 CP types:
Spastic
Occurs in 85-91%
May occur in one or more limbs
Unilateral (hemiplegia, 38%), bilateral (diplegia, 37% with lower limbs affected more than upper ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 29, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Why Do Humans Blink So Often?
Research finds blinking plays a pivotal role in processing visual information thus adding to a growing body of evidence revising conventional views of vision (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 15, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Blindness and Vision Loss Source Type: news
Blindness warning as expert shares key 10 signs your eyesight is getting worse
Most of us will experience some effects of worsening eyesight as we get older, an optometrist warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Popular hand sanitizer and aloe brands recalled over common ingredient that FDA warns could cause comas and blindness
Roughly 40 lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80 percent and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel hand sanitizer gel have been recalled because they were found to contain methanol. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients following traumatic open globe injuries; a cross-sectional study - Peyman A, Dehghani A, Hoghooghi A, Sheykhi K, Khoshhali M, Abounoori M, Khosrropour H, Pourazizi M.
This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with open globe injuries (OGI). ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Famous and Well Known People With Color Blindness
A list of famous and well known people who had, or have, color blindness - also known as color vision deficiency (CVD) (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 5, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Famous Disabled People Source Type: news
OCGN Stock Alert: Why Is Ocugen Up 20% Today?
Biotechnology firm Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) — which specializes in developing gene therapies to address blindness diseases — saw its shares move higher on an encouraging clinical development. An advisory committee responsible for overseeing safety matters approved Ocugen to use a medium dosage of its…#ocugen #dsmb #peterchang #dsmbchair #ocgn #amd #joshenomoto (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is It Safe to Fly During a Solar Eclipse?
Ahead of the solar eclipse passing through the U.S. on April 8, many people may be wondering if it is safe to take a flight during the event. TIME headed straight to the experts for an answer, which was resoundingly positive.
“Yes, absolutely. There’s no reason not to [fly],” Paul Bryans, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, tells TIME. A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the light from the sun. In terms of being on board an aircraft, this doesn’t make the sun any more of a threat than it is on regular days. “There’s nothing dangerous about a s...
Source: TIME: Science - April 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Solar Eclipse 2024 Source Type: news
They Can ’t See the Total Solar Eclipse, but LightSound Will Help Them Hear It
A device called LightSound is being distributed to help the blind and visually impaired experience this year ’s event. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robyn Ross Tags: Blindness Eclipses Computers and the Internet Engineering and Engineers Inventions and Patents Space and Astronomy Harvard University Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Provides Free Resources as Part of April's Women's Eye Health and Safety Month to Educate Women on Necessary Steps to Help Save Sight
As more women than men have eye disease and unique vision issues, Prevent Blindness provides free resources including webpages, fact sheets and expert videos to help prevent unnecessary vision loss in women. CHICAGO, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM Source Type: news
How to Safely Watch the Total Eclipse
The first solar eclipse I had a chance to witness I in fact didn’t witness at all. It was July 20, 1963, and I was attending Camp Comet in Waynesboro, Pa. The camp’s owners and counselors—not to mention, our parents—wanted nothing to do with the prospect of 150 literally wide-eyed boys staring directly at the sun as the moon partly obscured it. So they kept us inside our geodesic-dome-shaped bunks and draped blankets over the windows until the danger had passed.
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From a safety perspective, that, in fact, was not a bad precaution. That’s because t...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Eclipse healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
