Research conducted at the University Hospital in Bern Switzerland suggests that scleral changes may occur in patients following repeated intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF agents in… Read More »Scleral thinning following intravitreal anti-VEGF injections
Research conducted at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark and published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, has highlighted a statistical association between scholarly… Read More »Research on outcomes of medical malpractice litigation suggest expert witnesses with higher levels of scholarly impact may have an edge
Publication of the 2014 US Surgeon General’s Report entitled, “The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress”, has concluded the existence of a… Read More »US Surgeon General’s report concludes a causal relationship exists between cigarette smoking and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Research conducted at the University of Kiel, Germany, and funded by Novartis AG (SIX: NOVN; NYSE: NVS), suggests that aflibercept, marketed by Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN)… Read More »Aflibercept may impair wound healing in in vitro cell studies according to Novartis sponsored research
Researchers from the University of Brescia, Italy have published research findings suggesting that smartphones, in combination with an external lens device, can accurately detect retinal… Read More »Comparison of smartphone ophthalmoscopy with slit-lamp biomicroscopy shows potential in grading of diabetic retinopathy
Research results from a systematic review of telemedicine studies, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, have shown a high rate of diagnostic accuracy for… Read More »Systematic review and meta-analysis of diabetic retinopathy diagnosis via telemedicine supports its wider use as a powerful tool for screening
New collaborative research by US and Finnish scientists, published in the open access journal PLoS (PLoS ONE 9(9): e106610. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106610), has described a new canine… Read More »New retinal atrophy pathology characterised in Swedish dog breed may provide beneficial large animal model for retinal research
New research, published in the journal Genetics in Medicine, has shown that a panel-based genetic diagnostic test for inherited eye diseases is both highly accurate… Read More »Next generation sequencing (NGS) test for inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) shows sensitivity and specificity of 97.9% and 100%, respectively
A German research study of ocriplasmin treated patients has recommended that clinicians should carefully select which patients may be suitable for such treatment and that… Read More »German researchers suggest caution in selecting patients for ocriplasmin therapy in treatment of VMT
Collaborative research, led by the Human Genetics Centre at the University of Texas Health Science Centre in Houston, has successfully described a new genetic mutation… Read More »Newly discovered mutation may account for up to 1% of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP)