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Subspecialties Basic & Translational Research

STAP! Not so fast

| Mark Hillen

The new method to produce stem cells has run into difficulties in the form of image irregularities and the failure of other labs to reproduce the findings.

Subspecialties Retina

Aspirin not Linked to AMD

| Mark Hillen

Previous studies linked aspirin use with age-related macular degeneration, but new data suggest otherwise: aspirin is innocent of all charges.

Subspecialties Retina

Statins Protect Elderly Against Macular Degeneration

| Mark Hillen

If you’re aged over 68 years, then statins significantly reduce your risk of developing AMD; it has no impact on younger age groups.

Subspecialties Cornea / Ocular Surface

Dua for the Price of One

| Mark Hillen

The finding that the core of the trabecular meshwork is an extension of Dua’s layer may have significance in understanding and treating glaucoma.

Subspecialties Retina

Inkjet Interventions

| Mark Hillen

Can you envisage a future in which deploying a tiny cell-spraying device during vitreoretinal surgery reverses years of retinal cell death? Keith Martin can.

Subspecialties Cataract

Cataract Benchmarking

| Mark Hillen

You can’t predict the future, but a lot can be learned by analyzing what happened in the past.

Subspecialties Professional Development

Turning Dreams into Reality

Sitting Down With Walter Wrobel, CEO/ President, and Reinhard Rubow, CFO, Retina Implant AG

Subspecialties Cataract

Great Expectations Fuel IOL Inclinations

| Mark Hillen

Cataract surgery and IOL implantation have come a long way since the 1990s, and it appears that technical innovations are stoking demand more than medical need.

Subspecialties Cataract

Don’t Fear the Posterior Capsule

| Marie-José Tassignon

Why we need a rethink of the surgical approach to the barrier between the anterior and posterior lens segments

Subspecialties Cataract

The Perfect Anterior Capsulorhexis

| Johan Blanckaert

Creation of the anterior capsulorhexis is a key stage in cataract surgery, and producing a precise rhexis is of paramount importance. The most commonly used technique to achieve this during phacoemulsification is continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC).

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