Status: Completed,
Condition Summary: Eye Diseases
Gene Therapy in Ophthalmology Update 9: Oxford BioMedica/OHSU Preparing to Treat First Usher Syndrome Patient & Oxford BioMedica Ophthalmic Program Update
In an announcement today from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and confirmed by Oxford BioMedica, the Casey Eye Institute of the Oregan Health & Science University (OHSU) is preparing to treat the first Usher Syndrome patient under the clinical p…
An Infant With Leukocoria
What condition do you suspect is present in this 4-week-old infant with bilateral leukocoria? Medscape Ophthalmology
Ivantis initiates enrollment in Hydrus Microstent study for open angle glaucoma
Ivantis announced the enrollment of the first patient in the Hydrus IV study today. The Hydrus Microstent is the world’s first intracanalicular scaffold for treatment of primary open angle glaucoma, a disease that afflicts over 70 million people worldw…
UC Davis develops new sensor for use in medical applications
A new kind of flexible, transparent pressure sensor, developed at the University of California, Davis, for use in medical applications, relies on a drop of liquid.
Scientists successfully cultivate stem cells on human corneas
A new cornea may be the only way to prevent a patient going blind – but there is a shortage of donated corneas and the queue for transplantation is long. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have for the first …