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leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States. It is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging the eye’s optic nerve. It often develops without noticeable symptoms, so it’s estimated that half of people with glaucoma don’t know they have it. Getting regular dilated eye exams is essential for early detection and for preventing further vision loss. <br /> <br /> Protect your vision and learn more about glaucoma, its risk factors, and treatment options.</p> <p><a class="c-link__link" href="/learn-about-eye-health/outreach-resources/glaucoma-resources/glaucoma-awareness-month">Find resources about glaucoma</a></p> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container" id="block-views-block-news-page-block-2"> <h2 class="c-filter__heading" >NEI Research News</h2> <div> <div class="c-filter js-view-dom-id-7945583f1e42406d62dbf86d8c463b0ab0f8c5f8d9f5e1e51c256609c2ac2f3a news-page news-page--block_2"> <div class="c-sidebar-widget__list-item views-row"> <div class="c-teaser"> <div class="c-teaser__image"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-02/Lens%20labelled.jpeg?itok=2xJHDUjf" width="200" height="200" alt="Diagram of the eye showing location of the lens. " /> </div> <div class="c-teaser__content"> <h2 class="c-teaser__header"> <a class="c-teaser__link" href="/about/news-and-events/news/fau-lands-19-million-nih-grant-novel-way-treat-degenerative-disease"> FAU lands $1.9 million NIH grant for novel way to treat degenerative disease </a> </h2> <p class="c-teaser__date"> <time datetime="2025-02-14T11:06:51-05:00">February 14, 2025</time> </p> <div class="c-teaser__summary"> Florida Atlantic University researchers Lisa A. Brennan and Marc Kantorow will determine the novel mechanisms that convert immature eye lens precursor cells into functional transparent cells. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-sidebar-widget__list-item views-row"> <div class="c-teaser"> <div class="c-teaser__image"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-02/AdobeStock_1010781267.jpeg?itok=OP33tHff" width="200" height="200" alt="Doctor examines child's eye with a slit lamp." /> </div> <div class="c-teaser__content"> <h2 class="c-teaser__header"> <a class="c-teaser__link" href="/about/news-and-events/news/treatment-pause-leads-high-rate-relapse-children-type-autoimmune-eye-inflammation"> Treatment pause leads to high rate of relapse in children with a type of autoimmune eye inflammation </a> </h2> <p class="c-teaser__date"> <time datetime="2025-02-12T16:04:57-05:00">February 12, 2025</time> </p> <div class="c-teaser__summary"> According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical study, children with a type of autoimmune arthritis and associated eye inflammation are likely to experience disease recurrence when discontinuing a biologic therapy called adalimumab. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-sidebar-widget__list-item views-row"> <div class="c-teaser"> <div class="c-teaser__image"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-01/contact%20lens_v7-01.jpg?itok=up6ODfrF" width="200" height="200" alt="A myopic eye grows too long from front to back. Light gets focused in front of the retina. Single-vision contact lenses focus distance vision on the retina, but peripheral light is focused behind the retina. Multifocal contact lenses focus distance vision on the retina and peripheral light in front of the retina, signaling the eye to slow growth.Multifocal contact lenses are concentric circles consisting of an add power treatment zone in the outer rings that focuses peripheral rays in front of the retina." /> </div> <div class="c-teaser__content"> <h2 class="c-teaser__header"> <a class="c-teaser__link" href="/about/news-and-events/news/contact-lenses-used-slow-nearsightedness-youth-have-lasting-effect"> Contact lenses used to slow nearsightedness in youth have a lasting effect </a> </h2> <p class="c-teaser__date"> <time datetime="2025-01-16T09:27:43-05:00">January 16, 2025</time> </p> <div class="c-teaser__summary"> In a follow up study, researchers found that children who wore special contact lenses to slow progression of myopia maintained the treatment benefit even after they stopped wearing the contacts as older teens. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-footer"> <p class="u-text-center"><a class="c-btn" href="/about/news-and-events/news">See more news stories</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="u-row c-callout--60-40"> <div class="c-callout c-callout--dark c-callout--60"> <div><img alt class="c-callout__image" src="/sites/default/files/2019-05/grantsAndFunding.jpg"></div> <div class="c-callout__content"> <h2 class="c-callout__heading">Funding for Vision Research</h2> <p>NEI funds more than 1,500 research and training grants to vision scientists across the country and around the world.</p> <p class="u-text-center"><a class="c-btn" href="/grants-and-training/funding-opportunities">Learn more about funding opportunities</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="c-callout c-callout--40"> <h2 class="c-callout__heading">NEI Research Initiatives</h2> <p>These NEI initiatives support challenging, high-impact vision research. 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