Business & Profession

Imagine prescribing eye drops to treat wet AMD, or delivering genes to the retina of patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Nanotechnology can do both – and it could potentially transform ophthalmology

A new wearable device detects the early signs of diabetic autonomic neuropathy before damaging symptoms appear

The Ophthalmologist is one year old. We promised to tell you ophthalmology’s most engaging stories, and we’ve traveled the world to do so.

Popular culture has always viewed eyes as being things of beauty. But there’s more to the eye than the color of your irides.

Sitting Down With Jim Mazzo, Operating Partner at Versant Ventures.

A student lost sight in one eye after failing to remove her disposable contact lenses for six months. So how did tabloid journalists turn it into such a popular news story?

SIRT1 appears to be an anti-aging protein that protects against weight gain, diabetes, inflammation, and even optic neuritis… in mouse models. Is SIRT1 the key to eternal youth, or simply snake oil?

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

Dramatic improvements in the results from an astigmatic keratotomy model suggest that the femtosecond laser may be more than a rich ophthalmologist’s toy after all.

Sitting Down With Dirk Sauer, Novartis’ Global Head, Development Franchise Ophthalmics.