Research

Researchers at the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University Graz, Austria and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Switzerland, have reported that fundus auto-fluorescence (FAF)… Read More »Fundus autofluorescence assessment tracks Stargardt disease progression for a 24-month period. 

Researchers at the Seoul National University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea, have demonstrated a proof-of-principle using “base editing” (BEs) to address Leber congenital amaurosis… Read More »Visual function restoration for a pre-clinical in vivo IRD model using  a novel therapeutic “base editing”. 

A systematic review on the epidemiology of RPE65 mutations reported in the literature showed that there were significant variations of RPE65 proportions within countries as… Read More »A systematic literature review on the epidemiology of RPE65 mutations report significant variations in the literature within countries as well as regions.

Researchers at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, UK, has reported five-years’ of real-world results from the application of the fluocinolone acetonide implant (ILUVIEN), for… Read More »Five-year real-world results on intravitreal fluocinolone treatment of chronic diabetic macular oedema (DMO) has shown improved or stabilised VA

In a recent study, patient preferences in the management of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have reported several treatment attributes using patient-centred methods.  Patients with… Read More »Patient preferences in the management of wet AMD shows harmonization of outcomes across geographies

Researchers at the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, have reported a study on pre-clinical research suggesting a significant restoration of vision… Read More »Synthetic retinoid therapy for experimental models of LCA indicate restoration of eye-specific cortical responses

Researchers at the Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal, have reported a clear association between rare genetic variants in complement… Read More »The Coimbra Eye Study has identified phenotypic differences between carriers and non-carriers of rare variants of the CFH gene

Researchers at the Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy, France, has reported that retinal electrophysiological markers may act as indicators of therapeutic responses in depressed patients in… Read More »Retinal function and retinal markers shows responses on anti-depressant treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD)