Gene therapy reduces treatment burden, improves vision in wet AMD
SAN FRANCISCO - RGX-314 gene therapy demonstrated meaningful reductions in anti-VEGF injections and increases in visual acuity and central retinal thickness among patients with...
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How Exercise Could Save Your Vision
They're the window to your soul! You want your eyes to stay healthy for a lifetime. When it comes to the sense we value the most, vision tops the list. Most of us will...
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Thermally induced mixing technique could improve treatment of AMD
Age-related macular degeneration is the primary cause of central vision loss and results in the center of the visual field being blurred or fully blacked out. Though treatable...
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VIDEO: Novel oral therapy drug safe, effective for wet AMD
SAN FRANCISCO -Twice daily dosing of oral AKST4290 over the course of 6 weeks improved visual acuity in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, according to...
17 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Patients with AMD can successfully self-operate OCT device at home
SAN FRANCISCO - Patients with age-related macular degeneration could successfully self-operate an optical coherence tomography device at home, according to study findings...
19 days ago - Healio
Home monitoring systems, longer-acting drugs should ease burden of retinal disease
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Luminate shows potential in dry AMD
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Risuteganib shows potential in dry AMD
SAN FRANCISCO - Risuteganib showed potential for the treatment of intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration, according to study results presented at Retina Subspecialty...
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Test combining fundus, OCT imaging improves AMD diagnosis
SAN FRANCISCO - A screening strategy combining fundus and OCT imaging improved the accuracy of age-related macular degeneration classification, according to data presented at...
25 days ago - Healio
VIDEO: Gene therapy for wet AMD ‘on the horizon'
SAN FRANCISCO - In the OPTIC trial, patients with wet age-related macular degeneration who were treated with ADVM-022, an intravitreal gene therapy, did not require additional...
27 days ago - Healio
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