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Discovery: UTD Scientists Focus on How Eyes Heal, UNT Prof Researches ‘Energy Molecules’

by | Jan 10, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a major honor given to an electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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UNTHSC Scientist Shoots for the Stars with Device to Study Eye Damage in Astronauts
by | Jun 21, 2019
A $321,000 grant is helping Dr. Tasmeen Sharma use her patent-pending device to study a condition affecting astronauts returning from outer space. Her startup could help the rest of us, too.
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Discovery: Work on Crystals Pays off for UTD Grad Student; UTSW Targets Rare Genetic Diseases in Children
by | May 10, 2019
You’ll also find out why the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology has honored a professor at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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The Eyes Have it: Researcher to Use Frogs in Vision Study
by | Aug 1, 2017
A $714,992 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology grant supports the study that will use frogs to help take a leap forward in understanding how organisms can adapt to varying environments.
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Orbis Flying Hospital Takes Eye Care to the World

by | Jul 11, 2016
The MD-10 is the world’s first certified hospital aircraft developed by Orbis, a nonprofit that fights blindness around the world.
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Essilor Researchers are Looking Out for Our Eyes
by | Feb 19, 2016
If you’re reading this through a pair of glasses, there’s a better-than-zero chance your lenses were manufactured by Essilor. But there’s an equally good chance you’ve never heard of Essilor, much less noticed the French company’s U.S. headquarters along Interstate 35.
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Alcon Experience Center Helps Eye-Care Company Share Its Vision
by | Jan 26, 2016
In December, the Alcon Experience Center, a 36,000-square-foot, $7 million facility, opened in south Fort Worth.
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