Science and vision
Clues to mortality risk found in the retina
Link made between mortality risk and the gap between what AI predicts an individual’s age to be and their actual age
Researchers examine progression of myopia in early adulthood
Scientists have explored how common myopia progression and onset is between the ages of 20 and 28
Researchers examine eye conditions related to albinism
Scientists have developed a stem cell model to study the effect of genetic conditions that influence eye, skin and hair pigmentation
Vaping associated with risk of sight loss
A US study has found that current e-cigarette users were 34% more likely to experience visual impairment than those who had never vaped
UK trial aims to save sight of children with rare genetic disease
Clinicians from Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL GOS Institute of Child Health are exploring the use of a new treatment in children with CLN2
Skin deeper: expanding the application of OCT beyond the eyes
Scientists have described a new method that increases the depth that optical coherence tomography can scan structures at
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- University of Bradford recruiting myopic children and their parents for study
- Study uses healthy skin to create retinal cells in retinitis pigmentosa patients
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Using AR to address visual field loss
Dr Jordi Asher shares insight into research to develop software that uses consumer-available smart glasses to increase the field of view of people with visual field loss
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