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Business & Profession Professional Development

Big in Japan

| Mark Hillen

Acucela prices its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange at $162M.

Subspecialties Glaucoma

All is Not Lost

| Mark Hillen

Vision training can restore some of the sight lost to glaucoma.

Subspecialties Basic & Translational Research

STAP! Not so fast

| Mark Hillen

The new method to produce stem cells has run into difficulties in the form of image irregularities and the failure of other labs to reproduce the findings.

Subspecialties Retina

Aspirin not Linked to AMD

| Mark Hillen

Previous studies linked aspirin use with age-related macular degeneration, but new data suggest otherwise: aspirin is innocent of all charges.

Subspecialties Retina

Statins Protect Elderly Against Macular Degeneration

| Mark Hillen

If you’re aged over 68 years, then statins significantly reduce your risk of developing AMD; it has no impact on younger age groups.

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

Dua for the Price of One

| Mark Hillen

The finding that the core of the trabecular meshwork is an extension of Dua’s layer may have significance in understanding and treating glaucoma.

Business & Profession Retina

See the Benefits of a Good Workout

| Mark Hillen

Mice that take exercise exhibit slower retinal degeneration than those that don’t. It could work for people too.

Business & Profession Other

Benchmarking Ophthalmology

| Mark Hillen

Our cataloging of the major eye diseases is insightful, even though impact factor analysis is flawed.

Subspecialties Retina

Inkjet Interventions

| Mark Hillen

Can you envisage a future in which deploying a tiny cell-spraying device during vitreoretinal surgery reverses years of retinal cell death? Keith Martin can.

Subspecialties Cataract

Cataract Benchmarking

| Mark Hillen

You can’t predict the future, but a lot can be learned by analyzing what happened in the past.

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