Visual defects of the human eye in the form of refractive errors such as myopia, hyperiopia, astigmatism, athakis and keratoconus are corrected by a therapeutic method which includes the step of fitting to the patient's eye a corrective contact lens fabricated from a copolymer of a polysiloxanylalkyl acrylic ester and an alkyl acrylic ester. These visual corrections are made in accordance with this method with concommitent reduction in corneal edema since lenses so used have improved oxygen permeability. According to the preferred practice of this method, the lenses utilized have improved wettability which increases wearing confort and reduces interference with corneal metabolism, thereby extending the time period during which the corrective effect of the method is achieved. The corrective effect of this method is also enhanced by the capability of the lenses utilized therein to be precisely machined and polished.

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Method for correcting visual defects, compositions and articles of manufacture useful therein

The present invention relates to the use of FGF-5 polypeptides to delay, prevent or rescue retinal neurons, including photoreceptors, other retinal cells or supportive cells (e.g. Muller cells or RPE cells) from injury and degradation. Conditions comprehended by treatment of the present FGF-5 polypeptides (including variants), antibodies, compositions and articles of manufacture include: retinal detachment, age-related and other maculopathies, photic retinopathies, surgery-induced retinopathies (either mechanically or light-induced), toxic retinopathies including those resulting from foreign bodies in the eye, diabetic retinopathies, retinopathy of prematurity, viral retinopathies such as CMV or HIV retinopathy related to AIDS, uveitis, ischemic retinopathies due to venous or arterial occlusion or other vascular disorder, retinopathies due to trauma or penetrating lesions of the eye, peripheral vitreoretinopathy, and inherited retinal degenerations. Exemplary retinal degenerations include e.g., hereditary spastic paraplegia with retinal degeneration (Kjellin and Barnard-Scholz syndromes), retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, Usher syndrome (refinitis pigmentosa with congenital hearing loss), and Refsum syndrome (retinitis pigmentosa, hereditary hearing loss, and polyneuropathy). Additional disorders which result in death of retinal neurons include, retinal tears, detachment of the retina and pigment epithelium, degenerative myopia, acute retinal necrosis syndrome (ARN), traumatic chorioretinopathies or contusion (Purtscher's Retinopathy) and edema.

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Method for correcting visual defects, compositions and articles of manufacture useful therein

Method of enhancing the survival of retinal neurons and treating ocular diseases using FGF-5

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