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Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease, retinitis pigmentosa.

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes policy and legislative efforts to ensure patients receive sight-saving treatments

Retired NASA astronaut David Wolf, M.D., will provide insight into how space flight affects vision in the keynote address at a conference attended by many of the nation’s leading eye physicians and surgeons, hosted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Washington, D.C. on April 19.

The ability of A.I. to help screen patients for a common diabetic eye disease gains momentum with a new study published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Keith D. Carter, M.D., FACS, began his term as the 122nd president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.