Monthly Archives: October 2019

AAO 2019 DailyOCT 13, 2019 AI Can Transform Medicine—But, First, Clinicians Have Homework to Do Add to My To-Do ListComments Views Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to transform medicine through early diagnosis and tailored treatments. But harnessing that power depends on consensus guidelines that only human disease experts can create, said Naama Hammel, MD, speaking… Read More »

AAO 2019 Daily OCT 13, 2019 Jackson Memorial Lecture Highlights AMD Research Add to My To-Do ListComments Views When Emily Y. Chew, MD, was a child in a Chinese immigrant family in Canada, her mother would cook with goji berries—which, as it happens, contain the beneficial antioxidant lutein. “And before I had a tough exam, my… Read More »

AAO 2019 DailyOCT 12, 2019 Neuroprotection Moves Ahead Add to My To-Do ListComments Views At Glaucoma Subspecialty Day on Saturday, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD, provided an overview of current research in neuroprotection, neuroregeneration, and neuroenhancement—in other words, research that strives to “get those sick retinal ganglion cells [RGCs] to fire on all cylinders.” These avenues… Read More »

OCT 12, 2019 Gene Therapy for Wet AMD? Add to My To-Do ListComments Views Could a one-time gene therapy replace monthly anti-VEGF injections? If phase 1/2a findings hold true, RGX-314 carries the potential to alleviate—or even eliminate—injection burden for patients with wet AMD, according to Jeffrey S. Heier, MD, who presented data at the Late Breaking… Read More »

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