David Hutton

At the 2023 American Society of Retina Specialists meeting in Seattle, Washington, we asked some of the presenters, "What research here do you find exciting or interesting?" Here's what Diana Do, MD, Shawn Kavoussi, MD, and Durga Borkar, MD, MMCi had to say!

Prevent Blindness declares September as Sports Eye Safety Month to educate the public on the risk of significant eye injuries and the need for the proper sports eye protection.

At the 2023 American Society of Retina Specialists meeting in Seattle, Washington, we asked some of the presenters, "What research here do you find exciting or interesting?" Here's what Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, MD, Veena Raiji, MD, and Dante Pieramici, MD had to say!

According to the university, a special antibody that is derived from llamas, called a nanobody, can stop the misfolding and the activation of Rhodopsin, a molecule whose mutations can lead to blindness.

"What research at the 2023 ASRS meeting do you find exciting or interesting?" Here's what Aaron Lee, MD, Megan Baldwin PhD, and Carl Danzig, MD had to say!

According to the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the $12.4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is the latest round of support for USC researcher Mark Humayun and a milestone in the development of a stem cell patch to treat advanced dry age-related macular degeneration.

According to Outlook Therapeutics, it is working with the FDA to address the agency’s issues.

According to the company, it is anticipating cost savings of up to $300 million through 2024, which includes an estimated 25% reduction in current workforce and a reduction in external expenses.

ATSN-201 leverages novel spreading capsid to overcome challenges associated with intravitreally delivered AAVs in the treatment of XLRS.

More than 135 patients have been recruited in 4 months for Phase 2 study of a single intravitreal (IVT) injection of ONL1204 ophthalmic solution as an adjunct to standard-of-care surgery.

The research by Scott N J Watamaniuk, PhD, has potential implications for patients diagnosed with strabismus.

Amber is leveraging a multi-kilobase RNA editing platform to expand the reach of treatable pathogenic variants.

Maria H. Berrocal spoke with our team about her presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium being held in Marco Island, Florida.

Kiora Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been granted US and European Patents covering local ocular delivery of the KIO-100 family of non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory small molecules.

Researchers successfully transplanted human microglia cells into a mouse retina to create a model that could be used to test new treatments for incurable eye diseases.

According to Regeneron, the approval was based on data in the PULSAR and PHOTON trials, in which the drug demonstrated clinically equivalent vision gains to aflibercept Injection 2 mg that were maintained with fewer injections.

The FDA has assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for APP13007 of March 4, 2024.

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for regulatory review the marketing authorization application (MAA) for Iveric Bio’s avacincaptad pegol (ACP).

A team of researchers at Anglia Ruskin University are harnessing nanotechnology to help tackle a common cause of sight loss.

According to Orbis International, the technology proves to be a practical solution in low-resource communities for tackling the leading cause of vision loss among working-age adults.

According to Regeneron, visual gains and safety of aflibercept 8 mg remained consistent with the established profile of aflibercept 2 mg injection.

Carl Regillo, MD, FACS, FASRS, spoke with our team following the annual ASRS meeting in Seattle, Washington to share insights from his presentation titled, "Modulation of Macrophages and Complement Dysfunction in Non-exudative AMD utilizing novel, sialic-acid coated nanoparticles." Aviceda Therapeutics is unlocking the proteogenomic code of AMD to target proteins and pathways linked to macular degeneration.

Kerrie Brady, Chief Executive Officer and President of OcuTerra Therapeutics shared updates from the company including the development of OTT166 at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

An industrial engineer and entrepreneur, George Glady was a founder of Euclid Systems Corp. and developed the concept of the Ortho-K contact lenses.

Oculis Holding AG announced, if approved, OCS-01 has the potential to become a new standard of care as the first once-daily, topical, preservative-free corticosteroid for treating inflammation and pain following ocular surgery.

David Lally, MD, spoke with our team about the ZETA-1 phase 2 trial efficacy results for APX3330, a novel, oral ref-1 inhibitor for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

Veena Raiji, MD, MPH, spoke with our team about long-term outcomes of eyes requiring IOP-lowering medication in the PALADIN trial at the 2023 ASRS annual meeting.

Choroideremia shares traits with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Both diseases are caused by underlying inherited gene defects and result in the death of photoreceptors within the retina.

J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASRS, a member of Modern Retina's editorial advisory board, spoke with us about clinical characteristics of macular holes that close without surgery.

At the 2023 ASRS annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, Michael Singer, MD, spoke with our team about the Starlight Study, which is an optogenetic study looking at patients who had Stargardt disease.