Jane C. Edmond, MD, starts term as 2024 president of AAO
January 15th 2024According to an American Academy of Ophthalmology news release, Edmond’s priorities during her term include addressing physician and staff shortages and protecting patient safety at a time when nonphysicians are trying to expand their scope of practice into eye surgery.
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Gentex announces eSight acquisition; will showcase vision technology at CES 2024
January 10th 2024eSight’s medical equipment enhances vision for individuals with over 20 distinct ocular disorders, frequently enabling users to attain 20/20 vision. The Consumer Electronics Show runs January 9-12 in Las Vegas.
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RetinalGeniX Technologies contracts with MEDsan to provide diagnostic testing services
January 2nd 2024According to a news release, the services will be provided for RetinalGeniX Technologies’ Institutional Review Board to conduct a study to personalize medical evaluations for patients receiving treatment for wet macular degeneration.
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Study: Fish-like genetic program used to turn human retinal cells into neurons
December 6th 2023Some animals have the built-in ability to regenerate retinal neurons by turning another retinal cell type called Müller glia into neurons. Researchers have been able to coax the human Müller glia into changing identity in the laboratory, which could serve as a potential source of new neurons to treat vision loss.
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