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Welcome to January's issue. Upfront’s topics range from the problems high myopes have with accommodative IOLs, to better isolation of RGCs with a FACS machine. Pearse Keane and Alex Walsh envisage the future eye exam: binocular OCT. In Practice sees Mauricio Perez explain iris defect repair, and Burkhard Dick reviews the IC-8 IOL’s real-world outcomes. NextGen explores gene editing therapies, and Mark Talary reviews the impact of the new EU Medical Device Directive in Profession, and we Sit Down With John Marshall: The Cyberman’s Apprentice.
January 18, 2016
Highlights from Bayer’s Satellite Symposium ‘Eylea® (aflibercept solution for injection) for Visual Impairment due to Diabetic Macular Edema: Every Letter Matters, Every Day,’ held on September 18, 2015, at the 15th EURETINA Congress, Nice, France
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January 18, 2016
Highlights from Oertli Instrumente AG’s Satellite Education Program, “How the OS4® and HDC Control Takes Your Vitreoretinal Surgery to the Next Level,” held September, 2015, Nice, France
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January 18, 2016
How is the IC-8 small-aperture IOL performing in the real world?
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January 18, 2016
Assessing and successfully treating iris defects can be a challenge, but the right techniques and tools can greatly improve the outcomes
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January 15, 2016
Imagine being able to edit, delete or replace defective genes. It’s happening in research labs, and will soon head to the clinic
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January 15, 2016
The European Union’s Medical Device Directives are getting an overhaul – and companies must adapt to survive
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January 15, 2016
A future of skyrocketing patient numbers in the clinic and technological advances means that the routine eye exam of tomorrow has to be substantially different. But how?
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January 15, 2016
Sitting Down With... John Marshall, Frost Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK.
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January 15, 2016
Ascorbic acid testing could provide fast information on the severity of ocular injuries and postsurgical complications at the point-of-care
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January 15, 2016
Patients with myopia often get poorer results from accommodating IOLs than those without – and a recent study explains why
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January 15, 2016
For retina stem cell researchers, growing and purifying lots of RGCs from hPSCs has been hard… until now
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January 15, 2016
Marine mammals have tear films filled with interesting antimicrobial agents – and understanding the compounds present might one day lead to new antibiotic drugs
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January 15, 2016
A retrospective study by the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group helps physicians better understand the challenging disease
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January 15, 2016
Photoreceptors – and the retina in general – are highly metabolically active. But their maxed-out mitochondria can’t give much more. And when even small metabolic imbalances arise…
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January 15, 2016
Three new pipeline therapies may offer relief to patients with ocular surface disease
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January 15, 2016
Is being a good psychologist key to being a successful ophthalmologist?
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