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Therapies to target geographic atrophy are in sight.

Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhD, presented the data at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Dr T.Y. Alvin Liu talks about predictive AI and its uses in ophthalmology and screening of the eyes at this year's ARVO meeting.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with David Eveleth, MD, CEO and Founder of Trefoil Therapeutics about TTHX1114 in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) undergoing Descemet’s Stripping Only (DSO) in combination with cataract surgery at this year's ARVO meeting.

Visual impairment is associated with hallucinations, depression, agitation, and psychosis in patients with dementia.

Researchers found in their analysis that visual impairment is associated with hallucinations, depression, agitation, and psychosis in patients with dementia, although, aging and comorbidities, among other factors, may be involved.

Grace Walther, first author of the study, described that lens centration on the eye may be beneficial for improving vision. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, joined us to share insights from his presentation at the 2023 ARVO meeting on optical coherence tomography and the assessment of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease and other related dementias.

Amir H. Kashani, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on optical coherence tomography and the assessment of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's Disease and other related dementias.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD, about predictive AI and its uses in ophthalmology and screening of the eyes at this year's ARVO meeting.

In a presentation during the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, being held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Luxa Biotechnology offered details of a clinical trial evaluating transplantation of cells derived from adult retinal pigmented epithelium stem cells to treat dry AMD.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. delivered an oral presentation at the ARVO Annual Meeting in New Orleans announcing their post hoc analyses from the Phase 3 OAKS and DERBY studies evaluating pegcetacoplan injection (Syfovre) for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA).

According to the company, StableVisc and TotalVisc offer surgeons dual-action protection during cataract surgery.

Adverum Biotechnologies Inc. shared nonclinical data at ARVO 2023 in New Orleans that staggered, bilateral administration of Ixo-vec in NHPs was well tolerated with encouraging therapeutic activity and no signals of increased inflammation.

The team of Japanese researchers found that the choroidal MBR in the nasal region is correlated with systemic arterial stiffness and is significantly lower in patients with coronary artery multivessel disease.

In a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, data demonstrated the loss of retinal pigmented epithelial and photoreceptor cells, both of which are required for visual function.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, post-hoc analysis from the GATHER trials, for the first time, signals that reduced rate of vision loss in patients receiving avacincaptad pegol was correlated with reduced geographic atrophy (GA) growth.

Pros and cons of anti-VEGF drugs and improved visualization of abnormalities in ROP.

Dr Carl Danzig, MD, FASRS, spoke at this year's ARVO meeting on the post hoc analysis for the GATHER trials regarding vision loss and patients receiving ACP 2/mg versus sham.

Dr Caroline Baumal talks about Apellis' presentations focusing on visual function, imaging and artificial intelligence at this year's ARVO meeting.

John D. Gelles, OD, and Steven A. Greenstein, MD, share some insights into the new data on corneal cross-linking presented at IKA Keratoconus Symposium.

Hydrogen-rich water may have a place in treatment of retinal degeneration. The team of investigators found that the hydrogen-rich water significantly improved the retinal blood flow (RBF) dysregulation in type 2 diabetic mice.

Hydrogen water intake improved retinal blood flow (RBF) dysregulation in response to flicker stimulation and systemic hyperoxia in type 2 diabetic mice.

Thomas V. Johnson, MD, PhD, sat down with David Hutton, Managing Editor, Ophthalmology Times®, to discuss his presentation at this year's ARVO meeting on retinal engineering and RGC replacement.

Ophthalmology Times® talked with Caroline Baumal, MD, about Apellis' presentations focusing on visual function, imaging and artificial intelligence at this year's ARVO meeting.

Dr Deborah Ferrington talks about her ARVO presentation on using human donor tissue to identify the mechanism responsible for the death of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Japanese investigators have found an ocular biomarker of cardiovascular diseases.

According to data presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans, staggered administration of Ixo-vec in non-human primates showed peak aflibercept protein levels in the second eye within the targeted therapeutic range, supporting the potential for bilateral administration.