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Confocal microscopy as an evaluation tool of wound healing in corneal surgery

13 September 2009

Confocal microscopy as an evaluation tool of wound healing in corneal surgery

Inhibiting and regressing corneal neovascularisation

11 September 2009

Interim results from a Phase II study by Gene Signal suggest that antisense oligonucleotide GS-101 is safe and effective at inhibiting abnormal corneal new blood vessel growth.

The brains behind the BAD

01 September 2009

Drs Belin and Ambrosio's Enhanced Ectasia module is a keratoconus index, based on pachy

Future of corneal tomography

15 July 2009

CSO, which has a background in measuring and analysing the anterior corneal surface has extended its research to the posterior surface with its new device SIRIUS.

Inflammation thwarts corneal transplants in herpes patients

08 July 2009

A further study in the July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, investigated inflammation biomarkers in relation to corneal transplant rejection in herpes simplex patients. Its results have shown that inflammation thwarts corneal transplants.

BAK: a better alternative to epithelium removal in cross linking

01 July 2009

Can BAK be used in corneal cross linking?

3D corneal construction using stem cells

17 June 2009

Producing 3D human corneal tissue using corneal limbal stem cells with a view to developing and commercialising novel technology has potential to transform drug discovery and regenerative medicine.

Cornea breakthrough

03 June 2009

Harvested stem cells from patients' own eyes to rehabilitate damaged cornea in just ten days may prove to be a world-first breakthrough in restoring sight.

Treating corneal neovascularisation with an anti-VEGF

01 June 2009

Can topical bevacizumab be used to treat corneal neovascularisation.

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