Retina

This year’s Barcelona meeting brought together award-winning research data and leaders in the retina field

To educate the public—including parents, caregivers, and allied health professionals—Prevent Blindness is offering free educational resources, including fact sheets, social media graphics, web pages, and educational videos in both English and Spanish.

Caffeine has been shown to temporarily increase intraocular pressure and reduce blood flow in critical ocular regions

Observations show distinct variations between the changes in optic nerve head (ONH) and the macula.

200 mg of caffeine elevated the blood pressure after 2 hours but did not impact the retinal VD.

AMN, a rare disease, is characterized by dark reddish, wedge-shaped macular lesions

Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD, from the New York University (NYU) Langone Health and the Grossman School of Medicine, spoke with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. She insights from the session, "Preventing and managing complications following vitreoretinal surgery."

Vikas Chopra, MD, from the Doheny Eye Institute of UCLA, caught up with the Eye Care Network at this year's AAO meeting held in Chicago, Illinois. He shared how technology has advanced ophthalmic surgery over the years and how hands on sessions at the meeting allow surgeons to train for rare complications that can arise during routine surgeries.

In this final episode, DMEI’s residents share their future plans for expanding the device capabilities and offer practical advice to other up-and-coming creators in eye care technology.

Researchers receive $6.4 million grant from NEI to seek new treatment for blindness-causing diseases.

Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS, also is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of California San Francisco, has drawn upon her bioengineering background to develop a device to simplify eye drop administration.

Jibran Sharieff, MD, and Brandon Kingrey, MD, discuss their innovative smartphone-based device for affordable retinal imaging, highlighting its potential to enhance eye care accessibility and education in low-resource settings.

These residents won second place at the Eyecelerator competition held prior to this month’s American Academy of Ophthalmology conference in Chicago, receiving a $15,000 prize—the first such prize awarded to residents—for their development of a smartphone device designed to take fundus images.

According to the company, Duravyu 2.7 mg demonstrated an early and sustained anatomical improvement mirroring BCVA results with a 68 micron reduction in CST. Full topline data is anticipated in Q1 of 2025.

Ophthalmologists discuss advancing treatment strategies to improve outcomes.

Jonathan Brugger, MD, shared insights on the correlation of central retinal vein occlusions, or branch retinal vein occlusions, in young adults who consume numerous energy drinks.

New investment from Sanoptis will support Ikerian technology for large-scale, AI-enabled data management

According to the company, the second Phase 3 LUCIA pivotal trial first patient dosing is expected by end of 2024 with topline data anticipated in 2026.

A study clarifies the relationship between postnatal weight gain and ROP development.

In a presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting in Chicago, T.Y. Alvin Lu, MD, a retina specialist at Johns Hopkins Medicine, discussed the application of large language models (LLMs) in revenue cycle management (RCM).

During a conversation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago, T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD, discussed plans for the James P. Gills Jr., MD, & Heather Gills Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The company also announced it will seek a strategic partner to continue development of APX3330, an oral small-molecule inhibitor of Ref-1 for the treatment of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

The company will seek a strategic partner to continue development of APX3330, an oral small-molecule inhibitor of Ref-1 for the treatment of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

The retina is a key proving ground for long-held theories of genetics.