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By studying the gaze of experts as they assess images of the eye, data scientist Kaveri Thakoor has improved AI methods for glaucoma detection and developed a new way to instruct trainees.
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Columbia ophthalmologist Sonali Talsania explains how to safely watch the solar eclipse and what happens to the eyes if you look at the Sun.
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Columbia genome engineers are designing a CRISPR-based gene therapy with potential to prevent blindness in anyone with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition caused by more than 80 different genes.
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Most people are familiar with melanoma as a skin cancer, but melanoma can impact the eyes as well. Brian Marr, MD, offers tips on how to protect your eyes.
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- June 29, 2020
New eye drops could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults, a study by Columbia University researchers has found.
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- November 8, 2019
Columbia researchers have found hundreds of genes linked to nearsightedness, and now they’re using the data to screen for new drugs that can safeguard sharp vision.
- January 18, 2019
Vagelos student Emery Jamerson’19 received the 2018 Dr. David K. McDonogh Scholarship in Ophthalmology/ENT, named for the first black Columbia-trained doctor in New York.
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- November 15, 2018
The most common tests for glaucoma can underestimate the severity of the condition because they do not detect the presence of central vision loss, ophthalmologists at Columbia have found.
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- October 9, 2018
The discovery of genes that control eye growth gives researchers critical information in the search for drugs that can prevent nearsightedness, the world’s most common eye disorder.
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- May 4, 2018
An experimental immunotherapy improved one-year survival, as compared to historical rates, in a small trial of patients with advanced uveal melanoma.
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- May 3, 2018
Neuroscientist Carol Mason, PhD, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences along with 104 other new members and foreign associates.
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- September 27, 2017
Columbia Ophthalmology's new tele-ophthalmology van will screen, free of charge, 2,000 NYC residents each year for major sight-threatening conditions.
- August 18, 2017
CUMC ophthalmologist Tongalp Tezel has tips to protect your vision during a solar eclipse, including why taking a selfie with the sun is a bad idea.
- May 30, 2017
Researchers report that CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome.
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