For centuries, people thought that blindness was incurable – once the darkness sets in, it never retreats. Unlike in fish and frogs, the human retina… Read more
Category: ophthalmology
For the First Time, Optogenetic Therapy Partially Restores Patient’s Vision
Optogenetic therapy, or manipulating proteins and cells with light, is an advanced technology developed in the early 2000s that drove major discoveries about the inner… Read more
UPMC Kildare Installs High-Tech Laser for Eye Surgery
UPMC Kildare Hospital, located in Clane, Ireland, is the first hospital in that country to install an innovative laser with the potential to transform laser… Read more
Gene Therapy Injection in One Eye Surprises Scientists by Improving Vision in Both
Nearly 40 patients with a genetic disease that rapidly blinds young adults were successfully treated with gene therapy, according to a paper published today in… Read more
Ophthalmologists Honored by Pittsburgh’s Eye & Ear Foundation
The Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh, a local non-profit that supports innovative research in the departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology at the University of… Read more