Why should you not wash your contact lenses with tap water or sleep, shower or swim while wearing contact lenses? Read on to ...

SIFI, a leading international ophthalmic company, announced the accomplishment of a key milestone in the pursuit of regulatory approvals in the United Kingdom ("UK") and regulatory progress for filing ...

The American Optometric Association says acanthamoeba keratitis often occurs at the same time as a microbial eye infection. So, if you’ve been rinsing your contacts in tap water, swimming in ...

TOKYO, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 11, following the December 10 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to award Nihon Hidankyo, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum will take place at the Oslo University ...

The Gene Ontology (GO) project is a bioinformatics initiative that provides an ontology (shared vocabulary) of defined terms to represent specific gene product properties. The use of controlled ...

He used to lead an active lifestyle playing baseball and hitting the gym but now spends most of his time at home in darkness with the curtains drawn. Mr Michael Krumholz, a 21-year-old man from ...

In this case, that target was Acanthamoeba castellanii; this species of amoeba and others in its genus are prevalent in the environment (and can occasionally cause us issues). Like viruses, ...

The researchers sought to visualize how the Mimivirus infects a microbe called Acanthamoeba. It is difficult to visualize amoebae under a microscope since they are constantly moving in a liquid ...

The condition, called Acanthamoeba keratitis, is rare in the U.S., but when it does strike, it most often affects contact-lens wearers. McCasland, 23, who has lost vision in her right eye and is ...

While healthy Acanthamoeba cells are initially moving around, they gradually slow down and come to a stop following Mimivirus infection. As the amoeba cells stopped moving, the researchers ...

The condition, called Acanthamoeba keratitis, is rare in the U.S., but when it does strike, it most often affects contact-lens wearers. McCasland, 23, who has lost vision in her right eye and is ...