NEW ORLEANS — The combination of a custom gonioscopy lens and a commercially available OCT allowed researchers to visualize the iridocorneal angle, according to research presented at Academy ’23. “The ...

Support local journalism. A digital subscription is incredibly affordable and worth its weight in gold. Click here and subscribe today. Glaucoma is the leading cause of visual loss in the United ...

Your eye may seem like a fairly static object, but it actually has an elaborate plumbing system. Tissues inside it constantly produce fluid (termed "aqueous humor") that then has to be drained to keep ...

DURHAM, U.S.A. – Inserting a corrective protein gene into the trabecular meshwork of a glaucomatous eye could be the key to curing glaucoma permanently, according to David L. Epstein, MD. “There are ...

Scientists have found a variation of the miR-182 gene in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma that results in this overexpression, said Dr. Yutao Liu, vision scientist and human geneticist in the ...

The company’s second-generation MIGS device, the iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass System, was approved by the FDA in June 2018. The iStent inject includes two stents preloaded in an ...

Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp., a leader in the development of innovative drug candidates to address significant diseases of the eye, today announced that final data from a Phase 2 clinical trial of ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause optic nerve damage, according to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. This can permanently damage vision and lead to blindness if untreated.

A JAB could prevent glaucoma - one of the leading causes of blindness - after scientists found stem cells harvested from a patient’s skin could treat the condition. A new study suggests injections of ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERI), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class ...