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Eye Research Network

Eye Research & Disease Information

The Mitton Lab: Control of Gene Expression in Neural Development	Research Journals	Positions In Eye Research	Tools for Research	Meetings & Notices
Oakland University	Eye Disease Information	Eye Research Facilities	Foundation Fighting Blindness

Eye Research
&Disease Organizations

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Glaucoma Research Foundation

Pediatric Glaucoma & Cataract Family Association

RetNet at University of Texas

National Eye Institute

Vision Health Research Council of Canada

ISER Web Site

ARVO Web Site

The Eye Cancer Network

The Eyebank Association of America

Education

NASA For Kids

SavingForCollege.com Internet guide to "529" plans, that let you invest and save money with tax exemptions for education.

Computing Tools

Apple Computer

WorldTimeZone.com
Current Time anywhere...

Eye-Lites New Resourses For Patients, Doctors, Students & Scientists

OpenBioSystems.com
Search for clones and order them here, including NEI human eye cDNA clones. Including clones without IP retraints.

The Latest Progress in Human Eye Disease Treatments: check the NEI website.

Pediatric Glaucoma & Cataract Family Association
Parents and professionals dealing with the daily challenges of pediatric glaucoma and cataract. Email and discussion support and information.

Presription Drug Information Project
European Organizatoin of Family Health Oriented Research's Drug 3K website has easily accessible information on most commonly prescribed drugs (Drug Information, Side Effects, Interactions,Drug pictures) to help clinicians and patients select the best drug or treatment.

Lions Clubs International Website
In over 185 countries and over 1.4 million members, these nice people support eye banks for corneal transplants, eye research institutes and help thousands get the eye care they need but may not have access to. ERN cannot say enough good things about this outfit!

Eye Disease Information
AMD, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and more.

Researcher's Internet Antibody Resource: Search here for antibodies available for your research at "AbCam"

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ERN's Eye Disease Information Guides

These conditions are responsible for most loss of sight in the western world and developed countries. In the world as a whole, Cataract is the major cause of blindness and is more prevalent in developing countries. AMD , Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinitis Pigmentosa affect the retina. Retinitis Pigmentosa destroys the photoreceptor cells of the retina; the cells that intitiate vision by detecting the light entering the eye. Diabetic Retinopathy and AMD damage vast patches of retina. Glaucoma destroys the nerve cells that connect the photoreceptor cells to the brain. Cataract is a clouding or opacity forming in the lens of the eye. The lens of the eye allows you to focus on near or far objects, like the lens of a camera.

For obtaining information on other eye diseases and conditions, the Eye Research Network highly recommends the:

Eye Diseases section of the Karolinska Institutet Library "Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics" internet resources index. (Sweden)
and the Association of Vision Science Librarians "Eye Resourses on the Internet" index.

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Eye Research Facilities World Wide

The Eye Research Network started at Virginia Tech in 1995 by Dr. Mitton in Blacksburg Va, the first community in the USA to be completely wired to the internet. Currently Dr. Mitton is still in research and is now an Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Eye Research Insitute of Oakland University, Rochester Michigan. Dr. Mitton elucidated the general structure of the human FIZ1 gene and currently runs an NIH funded project to learn more about the function of the FIZ1 protein in neural development, using the neural retina as the developmental model. Information on Dr. Mitton's lab may be found here: Mitton Lab, Control of Gene Expression.