The scientific community has erupted in protest against US President Donald Trump’s abrupt halt on foetal tissue research, calling it a “step backward for science” and a mis-guided effort to appease
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The annual Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS) symposium, held this year as part of the eighth World Glaucoma Congress in Melbourne, featured the Gillies Lecture and a showcase of glaucoma research from the region’s universities.
The Cook Islands team headed back for their annual trip a little earlier than normal this year, from late March to mid-April, to continue the war against diabetes and the skirmish with cataracts. Moving the trip date a little earlier did not seem to result in any less work but the enjoyment of tempe
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Professor Colin Green was invited to deliver a presentation at the prestigious Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting in Vancouver on his team’s research into diabetic retinopathy as part of their ongoing hunt for better treatments.
Macular degeneration (MD) no longer sentences patients to functional blindness, but early diagnosis and referral is crucial, as are optometrists as the front-line eye health care providers who can educate, refer and support.
Even in a good health system, children with cataracts sometimes miss out on optimal care, says Auckland University researcher Dr Lisa Hamm.
For the first time the World Glaucoma Congress (WGC) came to the Southern Hemisphere. With many of the big names in glaucoma making the trip downunder, this conference promised to be a great way of catching up with the latest thinking in glaucoma without having to cross too many time zones! It was a
Side effects and debates was the promise of this year’s Ocular Therapeutics Conference and it most certainly delivered.
The University of Auckland’s 2019 Excellence in Ophthalmology and Vision Research awards evening was planned as a special night marking 20 years since the awards began and the rise and rise of ophthalmology and vision research in New Zealand.