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A revolution in modern genetic testing for the clinical management of ocular disease

1 August 2016 | Jane Ashworth, Chris Lloyd (Prof), Graeme Black | Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology

Recent years have seen a huge increase in our understanding of the genetic factors underlying a wide variety of eye diseases. This has included common conditions such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, as well as those conditions which have...

The meaning of life

1 December 2021 | Peter Cackett | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Supercomputer: “The answer to the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything is…”Programmer: “Yes…?”Supercomputer: “42. It was a tough assignment”.Programmer: “42? Is that all you have got to show for seven and a half million years work?” In this...

What's trending Apr/May 2024

3 April 2024 | Amit Dhalla | Ophthalmology

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #GrahamNorton #eyelids Graham Norton’s chat show is always a must-watch in my book. I was particularly surprised to find two eye-related...

The art of giving generous grains

3 April 2024 | Rahila Bashir | Ophthalmology

On the drive home, after a long day of eye screening patients in homeless shelters, I would pass through the boroughs, towns and villages of east London. Stopping at the soup kitchen, I would meet Christian with heavy cataracts, and...

Money never sleeps

5 April 2022 | Peter Cackett | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

“I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich” As declared by Jordan Belfort in a motivational speech to his staff in the film Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Unfortunately, medicine as a career does not lead to...

Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking / UKISOP Society Education Day

1 December 2013 | Dan Gore, Lorraine North

Nurse-led Rapid Corneal Collagen Cross-linking By Dan Gore Over the last decade, clinical trial data has accumulated for new interventions in keratoconus that promise to arrest disease progression, significantly reduce transplantation rates and save many patients from long-term reliance on...

The role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of DMO

1 February 2016 | Fiona Harris, Spyridon Chalkiadakis, Simon Taylor (Prof) | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a major cause of visual loss in diabetes, with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis. In the UK alone it is estimated that there are nearly 2.5 million diabetic patients aged over 12 years. Approximately 65,000 of...

What's trending Apr/May 2021

6 April 2021 | Stephanie Chiu | Ophthalmology, Optometry

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #COVID-19prevention #spectacles Ocular transmission of COVID-19 was discussed from the very beginning of the pandemic [1-3]. Indeed, it was an Ophthalmologist,...

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