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A team of researchers at the CHA University in South Korea has successfully transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human amniotic membranes of the placenta (AMSCs) into laboratory mice modeled with oxygen-induced retinopathy, which is used to simulate many retinal diseases. The treatment aimed at suppressing abnormal angiogenesis (blood vessel growth) which is recognized
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This trip was supported by Allergan Foundation, with instrument support from IRIDEX. Our CEO Dr Raj Agrawal made his second trip to Belize recently. This time, apart from seeing patients in Belize City, he also traveled to Orange Walk, which is an hour’s drive away from Belize City, as well as to Dangriga, which is
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To read more about the Bahamas, and why our help is required in the country, click here. As part of our outreach medical visits, Suber Huang, MD, and Raj Agrawal, MD, visited Nassau, Bahamas, in May 2015. This visit was in collaboration with the Rotary Club of East Nassau, who also sponsored our visit, as
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There is exciting on-going research in the field of treatments for patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). There is a long list of drugs in the pipeline for treating this disease that affects a significant number of people around the world. Pipeline drugs target novel pathways to treat diabetic eye disease. Among promising pipeline drugs
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Eye drops are being developed for treating retina that will likely eliminate the need to inject compounds to the back of the eye in conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. Read more…
A gene known to play a major role in constricting blood vessels also appears to be a major player in the aberrant blood vessel growth that can destroy the vision of premature babies such as in Retinopathy of Prematurity and possibly in Diabetic Retinopathy. Read more…