Tag: AMD

Kids + hipster = kipster? Warby Parker has launched a kids frame line. February is AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month. AMD affects more than 2 million Americans age 50 and older...

Last week, the researcher team from Japan reported the first adverse event following a stem cell transplant for the treatment of wet AMD. Refresh me on the trial. In early...

Is exercising linked to wet AMD? A new study published in JAMA Ophthalmology (and reported by The New York Times) found an unexpected answer. It might be. The study analyzed data...

As a baby boomer, am I less likely to get AMD than my parents were? According to new research, yes. What are baby boomers? The generation of people...

Brolucizumab, or equally as difficult to remember, RTH258, was shown to be superior to Eylea in recent clinical trials. The research from the phase 2 clinical...

Wait, didn't someone already get this? Yes, but this time it's different. In this case, the patient had an IOL that was removed to implant...

New research from Mass Eye and Ear says it can. Researchers obtained blood samples from 90 patients with AMD (30 with early AMD, 30 with intermediate...

The FDA is cracking down on unapproved stem cells clinics. This past Friday they raided an office in California that was injecting small pox vaccines...

Not according to a recent analysis of anti-VEGF treatments for diabetic macular edema. A research team looked at the medical records of almost 6,000 patients...

What is Luminate? An "integrin peptide therapy" that treats vitreoretinal diseases by targeting integrin receptors. Let's break that down. What are integrins? Broadly speaking, they are cell adhesion and cell signaling...