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

Received wisdom says that there is a critical period after birth during which the brain is wired for sight; blindness then means blindness for life

Be it battling blindness one patient at a time or changing global healthcare policies, ophthalmologists demonstrate admirable altruism.

Ranking the 100 most influential people in ophthalmology. Which clinicians and researchers have the biggest impact on our field?

The EMA approved the first gene therapy agent in 2012 – for lipoprotein lipase deficiency. Might gene therapies for ophthalmic disease reach the wards any time soon?

Americans love their cars and in many places you’re virtually stranded if you don’t drive. So does vision loss stop elderly Americans from driving?

The pupil of the eye is dark, and the cornea highly reflective – it acts as a mirror. Combine this with high resolution photography, and you get a whole new vista.

The media have been building up “eyeball jewelry” as a potential craze, but the evidence suggests otherwise

Expert opinion: infection prevention & treatment in photorefractive surgery patients.

Therapies based on stem cell treatments are considered to have tremendous potential in medicine.