Ophthalmology
Inexpensive retinal diagnostics via smartphone
One of the most dangerous long-term complications of diabetes is vascular damage. In the eye's photosensitive layer, the retina, this also impacts the…
Tübingen and Munich researchers successfully test clinical safety of gene-based treatment for complete color blindness
People with complete color blindness are born unable to distinguish colors. They see less sharply and are highly sensitivity to glare
Advanced AI boosts clinical analysis of eye images
Modern medical imaging devices allow ophthalmologists to monitor chronic eye conditions in detail. Ophthalmologists mostly choose Optical Coherence Tomography…
Researchers have identified areas of the retina that change in mild Alzheimer's disease
For the first time, researchers have determined the shape and size of the areas that present significant thinning in each retinal layer, which tend to occur in…
Dr. Karl-Robert Brauns Prize for Ophthalmology 2016
In their publication “A New Technology for Applanation Free Corneal Trephination: The Picosecond Infrared Laser (PIRL)” the research team around Stephan J….
Preserving photoreceptor cells following retinal injury
Vision researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School (HMS) Department of Ophthalmology have taken a first step in solving a vexing problem:…