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Subspecialties Retina

The Retina, Renewed… Thanks to Your Own Skin Cells

| Mark Hillen

Might you soon take a skin cell from a patient with retinitis pigmentosa, roll it back to a pluripotent state, culture it to become retinal cells and trial gene therapy on it in vitro?

Business & Profession Other

Shortsighted Scholars

| Mark Hillen

Is the potential dystopia that is myopia a consequence of too much study?

Subspecialties Retina

The battle for hearts and minds

| Mark Hillen

Population-level disease prophylaxis with statins has improved the lives of millions. But there has been some protest about this mass medication. Is the next battle not with disease, but with the press?

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

Benchmarking Keratoconus

| Mark Hillen

What does analysis of the last five years of the literature on keratoconus tell us about the priorities of the field and the major contributors to it?

Business & Profession Retina

Heads Up!

| Mark Hillen

A head-mounted iPhone-based ophthalmoscope is the latest step in the rapidly evolving world of smartphone fundoscopy

Subspecialties Imaging & Diagnostics

Images of Ophthalmology

| Mark Hillen

In August, The Ophthalmologist will publish a special issue showcasing the very best images from the field of ophthalmology.

Business & Profession Professional Development

This Month in Business

| Mark Hillen

Valeant and Allergan continue to joust, Santen purchases MSD’s ophthalmology drug portfolio in selected markets, and Kala completes a US$22.5 million Series B financing round

Business & Profession Professional Development

Ophthotech's Billion Dollar Baby

| Mark Hillen

Purchase of the ex-US rights for Fovista is costing Novartis US$200 million down and up to a cool US$1 billion in milestone payments

Subspecialties Glaucoma

Downward Dog, Upward IOP

| Mark Hillen

Common yoga positions significantly raise IOP for prolonged periods

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

The Benefits of a Col-Treg Education

| Mark Hillen

The body’s own regulatory T-lymphocytes, known as Tregs, can be taught to douse inflammation.

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