Eye Diseases
The antibodies are highly specific for the monoclonal antibody drug ranibizumab (Lucentis) or the complex of ranibizumab with its target, vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A)
A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than people who do not eat oranges
The machine performed similar to a well-trained ophthalmologist, and could generate a decision on whether or not the patient should be referred for treatment within 30 seconds, with more than 95 percent accuracy
NYU Langone Health researchers report on a model developed in India that offers lessons for high-income countries on how to make a common surgery sustainable
The treatment is an exciting new approach in which a virus, similar to the common cold, but altered in the lab so that it is unable to cause disease, is used as a carrier for a gene and is injected into the eye
In mouse models, advanced gene editing tool reprogrammed photoreceptor rods to mutation-resistant cones
Gene-editing tool rescues photoreceptors from a variety of mutations
Bacteria in your intestines may play an important role in determining if you will develop blinding wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Broken links between retinal ganglion cells and target structures throughout the brain spell permanent vision loss. But in a new study, these long-distance connections—and partial vision—were restored
