The case for basic science Professor Alan Stitt,Dean of Innovation & Impact,McCauley Chair of Experimental Ophthalmology Centre for Experimental MedicineThe Wellcome-Wolfson BuildingQueen's University Belfast Basic science underpins many mainstream therapeutics currently used to treat eye disease. It needs to remain clinically relevant and translatable into demonstrable benefits for patients if...
Increasing knowledge – improving eye health in London
Ref: Questions outlined in London Assembly Health Committee correspondence: Why should eye health be a priority for London?What are the key factors that affect eye health? Which groups are particularly affected? 3. How aware are people of the importance of maintaining eye health? What are the main barriers to raising...
Taking the fight to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
VisionBridge takes this opportunity to shine a spotlight on a growing public health issue caused by a degenerative eye disease that is currently incurable and mostly untreatable. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in both its “wet” form and “dry” form (also known as Geographic Atrophy or GA) is the most common cause of...
IMAGING could provide eye watering results with $1bn!
IMAGING could provide eye watering results with $1bn!Julian Jackson - Director, VisionBridge Patients are quite rightly continuing to ask how eye research can better predict, detect, diagnose and monitor eye disease, and indeed ultimately restore sight! As the Founder of social enterprise “VisionBridge” which promotes all aspects of eye research,...