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May 2016
Welcome to May's issue. Upfront’s topics range from an eyedrop to reinforce the cornea, to five-year follow-up data from the CATT trial. In our Feature Alex Huang explains how aqueous angiography could map each patient’s aqueous humor outflow pathway, and improve the efficiency of MIGS. In Practice looks at the challenges of defining keratectasia, and in NextGen Michael Chiang discusses how telemedicine could help diagnose ROP. In Profession Andreas Lauer gives tips on getting the most out of mentoring, and we Sit Down With George Spaeth of Wills Eye Hospital.
Celebrate Life!
May 5, 2016
Sitting Down With... George L. Spaeth, Louis J. Esposito Research Professor, and Director Emeritus, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Would You Let Sleeping Dogmas Lie?
May 5, 2016
A new association is identified between sleep apnea and AMD, which could put the OSA and POAG theory to bed
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ROP in the Digital Era
May 5, 2016
Indirect ophthalmoscopy is the gold standard for ROP diagnosis, but it comes with multiple challenges: logistical difficulties, legal liability, reproducibility problems, and a skills gap. Is telemedicine the answer?
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The Usual Suspects
May 5, 2016
How can you predict which patients will develop keratectasia, and if they do, how are you going to define it?
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Individualized and Inspiring
May 5, 2016
Aqueous angiography promises a revelation in aqueous humor outflow understanding – and could transform MIGS outcomes
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CATT: Five Years On
May 5, 2016
The five-year follow-up data are in. Half of all patients retain BCVA of 20/40 or better, irrespective of drug used
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Building a Better Banana
May 5, 2016
Boosting banana carotenoid levels could reduce vision loss – particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia
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Recline, for Corneal Thickness Decline
May 5, 2016
Might increasing periods of bed rest affect CCT?
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On the KUSp of Neuroprotective Medicine
May 5, 2016
Novel compounds prevent disease progression in mouse models of glaucoma
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Looking Back, for the Future
May 5, 2016
From keratoconic to embryonic: the eye drop that promises to reinforce the cornea by inducing keratocytes to produce embryonic collagen
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Enter the Inflammasome
May 5, 2016
In the quest to unearth alternative treatment strategies that don't rely on VEGF inhibition, researchers made some surprising discoveries...
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Mature iPSCs and Mitochondrial Mutations
May 5, 2016
iPSCs are routinely derived from fibroblasts and blood cells, but does the age of the donor matter?
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Help the Heroes
May 5, 2016
Those on our Power List typically credit their achievements to “being in the right place at the right time” – but what about those (also doing heroic work) who weren’t?
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