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News:

• Older Treatment May Be More Effective in Preserving Sight for Some Patients with Diabetes 7/28/08
• Update on Vitamin A as a Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa 7/22/08
• NIH Expands National Consortium Dedicated to Transforming Clinical and Translational Research 5/29/08
• Joram Piatigorsky Receives Helen Keller Award 5/06/08
• Gene Therapy for Leber Congenital Amaurosis 4/23/08
• Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation, Study Shows Could Expand Donor Pool Significantly 4/01/08
• Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request 4/08
• NIH Council of Councils Members Named 3/24/08
• NEI Grantee Receives $750,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award 03/21/08
• New Therapeutic Target for Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy Discovered 3/17/08
• Survey Shows Americans Lack Critical Facts about Maintaining Eye Health 3/13/08

The National Eye Institute (NEI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is the Federal government's lead agency for vision research that leads to sight-saving treatments and plays a key role in reducing visual impairment and blindness.