Goodbye LRI, Hello Toric IOL
July 31, 2014
Limbal relaxing incisions were a large part of my approach to treating astigmatism in patients undergoing cataract surgery. No longer…
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The Lifelong, Multifaceted Pursuit of Eye Health
July 31, 2014
We look to the oldest in society to understand the contribution of poor nutrition to ophthalmic disease
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Acanthamoeba Ate my Eyeballs
July 31, 2014
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?
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Finding Corneal Limbal Stem Cells for Transplantation Could be as Easy as ABCB5
July 31, 2014
Identifying corneal limbal stem cells for transplantation has been a major challenge. But now a highly specific marker of these cells has been found: ABCB5
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The Curious Case of Sirtuins
July 31, 2014
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?
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A Retinoid a Day Keeps The Blindness Away
July 31, 2014
Oral replacement therapy of the retinoid intermediate that fails to form in some types of Leber congenital amaurosis shows significant promise in an early-phase clinical trial
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The Retina, Renewed… Thanks to Your Own Skin Cells
July 31, 2014
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?
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Shortsighted Scholars
July 31, 2014
Is the potential dystopia that is myopia a consequence of too much study?
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The battle for hearts and minds
July 31, 2014
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?
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