A Montana State University assistant professor in neuroscience is part of a team that has made progress understanding how the brain processes visual information.
Telemedicine is effective strategy to screen for potentially blinding disease in infants
Telemedicine is an effective strategy to screen for the potentially blinding disease known as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI).
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Dr. Roger Steinert shares a story told by Nobel laureate Dr. Barry Marshall, whose great discovery of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer disease wa…
Aerie Pharma’s Glaucoma Drug Succeeds in Mid-stage Trial
Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc said its single-drop glaucoma treatment was shown to be superior to each of its two components in a mid-stage trial. Reuters Health Information
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute researchers receive $2.82 million grant
The National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute has granted three vision researchers from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine a 5-year, $2.82 million grant to study retinitis pigmentosa, according to a press release.The recipients of the grant include Rong Wen, MD, PhD, and Byron Lam, MD, professors of ophthalmology at Bascom Eye Institute, along with Ziqiang Guan, PhD, a research associate from Duke University Medical School.
IOP-lowering Effect of Phaco Alone or With Canaloplasty
What are the advantages of combining these two procedures versus phacoemulsification alone in lowering IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma? Journal of Glaucoma