Researchers from the University College of London successfully restored retinal cells in blind mice through a transplant therapy involving light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and embryonic stem cells, according to Nature World News.
Ophthalmology
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., opened its $1.4 million ophthalmology clinic last week at the Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital, according to a News-Item report.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Versant Ventures has hired James Mazzo, former chief executive of Advanced Medical Optics, as an operating partner.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Florida was ranked No. 1 for ophthalmology by US News & World Report.
Ambulatory Eye Surgery Center of Louisiana's Stephen Brint, MD, was honored as a New Orleans Health Care Hero by the New Orleans City Business, according to an AmSurg report.
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The surgeons at Gordon-Weiss-Schanzlin Vision Institute in San Diego were among the first in the world to perform custom wavefront guided LASIK surgery.
Bausch + Lomb acquired the license to a potential treatment of dry eye syndrome.
Research to Prevent Blindness awarded a $110,000 grant to the Dean McGee Eye Institute in the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's Department of Ophthalmology.
The Florida Society of Ophthalmology named William Mallon, MD, of Center for Advanced Eye Care, the recipient of the Dr. John R. Brayton, Jr., Leadership Award.
J. Ryan McManus, MD, has joined the medical staff of Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich., according to a manisteenews.com report.