Getty Images It's estimated that more than four ... contact lens wearers per year in the UK are diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis. The infection is caused by a microscopic organism usually ...

A woman fears she could partially lose her sight after a water parasite "burrowed" into her eye when she went swimming while ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved polihexanide (Akantior) to treat acanthamoeba keratitis. Acanthamoeba keratitis is an infection of the cornea, the clear ...

"Granting Marketing Authorization for AKANTIOR® and its recognition with the Positive PIM designation marks important progress in our mission to provide Acanthamoeba keratitis patients in the UK ...

The European Commission has approved SIFI's Akantior as the first therapy anywhere in the world for acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), an ultra-rare parasitic infection that can lead to blindness.

AKANTIOR® becomes the first and only approved treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis in the United Kingdom, representing a transformative step for UK patients affected by Acanthamoeba keratitis ...

Although Acanthamoeba spp are nearly ubiquitous in our environment, infection in humans is relatively rare. [1] Recently, a spike in rates of contact lens–associated infectious keratitis ...

We surveyed the December 2011 edition of Tyler's Quarterly (vol 29, No 1) to determine all of the currently available contact lens cleaning solutions for both soft and RGP contact lenses. These ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly ...

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