by AVR Supporters | Feb 1, 2021 | Research
Dr Elaine Chong, Dr Elsie Chan & Dr Gregory Moloney, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria Fuchs’ Endothelial Dystrophy is a genetic eye condition in which protein accumulates on the back surface of the...
by AVR Supporters | Feb 1, 2021 | Research
Prof Alex Hewitt, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne, Victoria Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease causing headaches, joint and facial pain, fever and may cause permanent vision loss. It is the most common form of vasculitis in elderly...
by AVR Supporters | Feb 1, 2021 | Research
Prof Robert Casson, University of Adelaide, South Australia Photobiomodulation (PBM) uses light from a laser in the far- red to near-infrared spectrum (630-1000 nm) to irradiate tissue in a non-destructive way. There is evidence that PBM influences energy metabolism...
by AVR Supporters | Feb 1, 2021 | Research
Dr Vivek Gupta, Prof Stuart Graham & Dr Mehdi Mirzaei, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW Even though primary open angle glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible vision loss the exact mechanisms that cause cellular...
by AVR Supporters | Feb 1, 2021 | Research
Prof Justine Smith, Flinders University, South Australia Worldwide, deaths due to dengue virus infection have increased by around 50% between 2005 and 2015, to 18,400. In Australia, the number of dengue virus infections is at a 20-year high. At present no approved...