At this year's meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, more than 50 presentations on experimental and clinical retinopathy were given. A subjective selection is discussed below.

Purpose Long-term clinical studies have now shown that tight control of blood pressure in type 2 diabetes reduces the risk of diabetes-related death and common diabetic complications, including ...

In the healthy central nervous system, blood flows where neurons need it most. Now, researchers led by Adriana Di Polo at the University of Montreal help explain why. In the August 12 Nature, they ...

(Top) Pericytes (P, green) are cells tightly wrapped around the wall of the retinal capillaries, in close contact with endothelial cells (EC, dark pink) and other supporting cells (blue). These form ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We characterized the form and distribution of muscle and nonmuscle actin within retinal pericytes. Antibodies with demonstrable specificities ...