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Photo Shutterstock Globally 78 million people have glaucoma. That is every one in 200 people aged 40, which rises to one in eight by age 80. Most people with glaucoma are not aware of it as most glaucoma patients have zero symptoms. Catch the disease early and you have a great chance of preserving your vision for the years to come. Ahead of World Glaucoma Week (7-13 March 2021, #glaucomaweek), Australian researchers published the largest genetic study of glaucoma identifying 44 new genetic variants that may lead to new treatment targets. Ten Australian institutions involving some of the count...

Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Applied Materials. The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2021. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is Prof. Yong Liu. Prof Yong Liu is a Principal Investigator of the Chinese State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Visual Science, Wenzhou Medical University, with an appointment of Director for Laboratory of Nanoscale Biosensing and Bioimaging (NBAB). Dr. Ferid Murad (Nobel Laureate) and Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (FRS) join the editorial board of Curre...

New research reveals how the genetic mutation responsible for a type of Batten disease can damage the photoreceptors in the retina.

February 11, 2021 Internationally recognized pioneer in vision science and its applications is named the next director of one of the University’s most highly regarded research centers. (Courtesy of Susana Marcos) Susana Marcos, an internationally recognized expert in the optics of the eye and the interactions of light with the retina, will become the David R. Williams Director of the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester. Her appointment will take effect July 1. The named position is endowed with a $2 million gift from John and Barbara Bruning. John, a member of the U...

Research into the eye-heart connection has been on the rise among healthcare professionals. A study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering showed the company’s machine-learning algorithm is able to successfully predict a patient’s risk for cardiovascular disease based on a scan of the backs of their eyes. “The eye of an experienced ophthalmologist can pick up pattern changes but cannot analyse numbers to the degree a computer does,” said Dr Dimitra Skonda, assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of Chicago Medicine. She continued: “But there is ...