Over 44% of eye injuries each year occur at home. Following eye injury prevention measures when doing home projects involving power tools, deep cleaning, or painting can help people avoid injury. During #EyeInjuryPreventionMonth, and all year long, share these eye safety tips from our partner, The Vision Council Foundation: https://bit.ly/3NJsGf1
About us
As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind.” https://nei.nih.gov/tools/stay_connected
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http://www.nei.nih.gov
External link for National Eye Institute (NEI)
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Bethesda, MD
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1968
- Specialties
- Biomedial research, Research funding, Visual function, and Visual disorders
Locations
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Primary
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892, US
Employees at National Eye Institute (NEI)
Updates
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A new tool developed by scientists at University of Michigan could bring color and texture to people with #VisionLoss. This #AI tech uses language models to interpret camera images and produce text & audio descriptions in real time. Watch this #VideoDemonstration: https://bit.ly/4h3Auph
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NEI intramural researchers and colleagues from University of Rochester have found that TIMP3 overexpression may drive drusen development in AMD. Read their findings in Developmental Cell: https://bit.ly/3YcnuGG
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Do you have what it takes to write a successful #NIH #GrantApplication? Read this blog by #NEI researcher Houmam Araj for PNAS to learn tips for writing a thoughtful, articulate, and competitive research proposal: https://bit.ly/4dZUCGl
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Do you know why accessibility is so important for people with vision loss? Our partners at the National Council on Aging answer that question and more about how new technologies and products help people gain vital access to places, information, and activities here: https://bit.ly/4eR9XKh.
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#NEIfunded researchers out of University of Connecticut have found a protein that could help regenerate nerves in the retina. This exciting discovery could help treat people with glaucoma or other types of nerve damage. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4eUM1Wo
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There’s a lot you can do to keep your eyes healthy — and it all starts with taking care of your overall health. Set yourself, your patients, or your community up for a lifetime of seeing their best with these tips: https://bit.ly/3teUD1t
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Less than 2% of practicing optometrists and ophthalmologists in the U.S. identify as Black or African American, so how can you find one? Our partners at Black Eyecare Perspective offer a database that features over 100 Black optometrists and ophthalmologists and is growing daily: https://bit.ly/408AC0M
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Two new smartphone apps developed by researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz use inertial and magnetic signals to help people who are blind navigate indoor spaces safely and independently. Learn more about this exciting technology in ACM, Association for Computing Machinery: https://bit.ly/3Ymb1jM
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Exciting #NEIfunded progress in brain visualization out of UC Santa Barbara Scientists have mapped the visual systems and how they connect to the navigation center in fly models. Read more in Nature Portfolio: https://lnkd.in/efKYKMmQ