Low-dose Aspirin Not Effective in Preventing AMD
The regimen also wasn’t helpful in slowing or preventing progression of the disease.
reviewofoptometry.com/article/lowdos…
#optometry #amd #maculardegeneration
NIH News Week of March 18th: bit.ly/4cpmzrv
#COVID19 #MacularDegeneration #EyeHealth #genes #RareDisease
#ClinicalTrials #research #ScienceNews #ScienceAdvancements #NIH
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Congrats to Arjun Watane, MD for his poster VBS - Vit Buckle Society #vbs2024 on off label users of antivegf
Using #iris registry data found about 1 in 5 unique pts had antivegf for a non fda approved condition (ie not #diabetes , #maculardegeneration or vein occlusions )
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Tonight on #SteeleandVance we cover everything from Debunking Health and Wellness myths (Timothy Caulfield) to #carbontax (Shachi Kurl) and #maculardegeneration ProMed Eye Health | a proudly Canadian company — see you at 8pm pacific on CHEK Lynda Steele 🎙️
Some sight-saving medications must be injected into the eye. Here's what you can expect. #eyehealth #healthtips #maculardegeneration #AMD #diabetes #diabeticeyedisease #visionloss #medicine #treatment #eyeinjection #HealthyVisionMonth
Globally, over 200 million people are impacted by age-related #maculardegeneration , a leading cause of blindness in older adults. #Genetherapy research from #biotech innovator @Oculogenex aims to prevent or even reverse #AMD symptoms. #CRS30
Details: ow.ly/Izcu50QTjxo
Honored to present time to fovea the first study to demonstrate a practical outcome for geographic atrophy #GA in #maculardegeneration to better inform patients and physicians
#medtwitter
Currently, there is no cure for age-related #maculardegeneration or #retinitispigmentosa . Researchers at LambdaVision, Inc. are using space-based science to help those suffering regain independence with a tiny retinal implant. #WorldSightDay
Check out a Q&A: ow.ly/wzJ850PVLJ4
We recently learned our #organoid
research and first-in-human #clinical trial for dry #maculardegeneration , with Regenerative Research Fdn/NSCI and NEI will be featured as a full page “ad” by Michigan Medicine in the official #RoseBowl program !
clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04627…
Thanks to
🔊Our Dir. of Translational Programs & Luxa Biotechnology co-CEO, Dr. Jeff Stern, has been awarded a $4M grant from #CIRM ! The award will expand an ongoing Luxa-sponsored Phase 1/2a #ClinicalTrial testing our adult #stemcell therapy to treat dry Age-related #MacularDegeneration .
New article in #PRER from Allen Taylor and colleagues from Tufts Nutrition and Universidad CEU UCH. They explore the links between diet, metabolism and eye disease. Focus is on high glycemic index, glycative stress, AGEs and #maculardegeneration ElsevierNeuroscience sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
📢New in GeroScience
PEDF protects retinal pigment epithelium from ferroptosis and ameliorates dry AMD-like pathology in a murine model by Wei Xiang et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
#Pigmentepithelialderivedfactor #ferroptosis #ageing #maculardegeneration #retinalpigmentepithelium
It's Age-Related #MacularDegeneration (AMD) Month, so learn about #pegcetacoplan , the first treatment available for geographic atrophy secondary to AMD. #ophthalmology ow.ly/u5z150QvZAL
Featured on The Lancet, Tsinghua Medicine partnered with global research groups to advance #MacularDegeneration treatment through PULSAR, the world’s first randomized controlled phase 3 trial that compares the effects of aflibercept to cure diseases. More: buff.ly/3ILCjqW
Have you been putting off your next eye exam because of cost? EyeCare America may be able to help: ow.ly/RBn550RomYq #eyexam #eyehealth #healthtips #cataract #cataract s #cataract surgery #glaucoma #AMD #maculardegeneration #diabetes #HealthyVisionMonth
Being diagnosed with age-related #MacularDegeneration , or AMD, can bring up a lot of important #EyeHealth questions. Use ASRS and NEI’s guide to talk with your eye doctor about AMD: asrs.org/content/docume… #AMDAwarenesMonth
