Therapies
Sydney surgeon details first Luxturna gene therapy allowing patient to see stars
The vitreoretinal surgeon who performed Australia’s first Luxturna gene therapy has described the intricacy of the procedure, while hailing the...
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New findings ‘alter forever how we think of MIGS’ – Dr Ike Ahmed
Ivantis has revealed new data from its five-year HORIZON pivotal trial showing its Hydrus Microstent device lowers the rate of...
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New rules allowing optometrists to prescribe lifitegrast dry eye therapy
Australian optometrists will be able to prescribe dry eye therapy lifitegrast (Xiidra) from next month without the involvement of a...
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Tasmanian centre joins race for CRISPR blindness cures
In 2016, at his home RANZCO scientific branch meeting in Tasmania, preeminent ophthalmic genetics expert Professor Alex Hewitt presented on...
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Seven-year study shows no myopia control rebound in children wearing MiSight contact lens
New seven-year findings from CooperVision’s MiSight 1 day contact lens clinical trial shows no evidence of myopia control rebound in...
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FDA approves first presbyopia eye drop
US regulators have approved the country’s first presbyopia eye drop that adopts pupil constriction to improve near and intermediate vision...
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FDA approves Susvimo continuous drug delivery implant for AMD
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Susvimo implant which delivers ranibizumab continuously, offering patients living with...
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It’s all about the (aqueous) flow
When it comes to the treatment of glaucoma, there is growing evidence to suggest that the ability to re-establish the...
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Siblings treated with Luxturna gene therapy in Australian first (video included)
Teenage siblings from Sydney with an inherited retinal disease have become the first in Australia to receive the Luxturna ocular...
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Australian gene therapy researchers ‘reprogramming’ cells to restore sight
Melbourne researchers are developing a new gene therapy they hope will “switch on sight” by regenerating light-sensing photoreceptor cells in...
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