Knoxville – mechentel news – Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) is an anti-inflammatory and proresolving lipid mediator biosynthesized from the omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). NPD1 treatment could represent a valuable therapeutic approach to control SK lesions as the autors assert in the issue of septenber of Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. The purpose of this study […]

Knoxville – mechentel news – S.E. Kuhn et al. from the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, note in their study of Normal ocular parameters and characterization of ophthalmic lesions in a group of captive bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that Applanation tonometry and the Schirmer tear test 1 […]

North Grafton – mechentel news –  M. Mürray et al. from the Wildlife Clinic, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Rd, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA  a technique for evisceration as an alternative to enucleation in birds of prey. Ocular trauma is common in birds of prey presented to wildlife clinics and rehabilitation […]

Good reproducibility Shanghai – mechentel news – The measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) using a rebound tonometer showed good reproducibility, which could affect the positive glaucoma research in rabbits, so X. Wang et al. of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Sixth People‘s Hospital Shanghai. Study objective was to observe the Intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements […]