by Maxine Myers, Imperial College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a clinical trial of 113 patients led by researchers at Imperial College London and UCL, retinal imaging technology called Detection of Apoptosis in Retinal Cells (DARC) was able to identify areas of the eye that were showing signs of geographic atrophy (GA) – a common condition that...
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON IMAGE: DARC IMAGE (ABOVE) AND CORRESPONDING OCT IMAGE SLICE (BELOW) CREDIT: NOVAI/UCL/WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL A pioneering new eye test, developed by scientists at UCL in collaboration with the Western Eye Hospital, London, may predict wet AMD, a leading cause of severe sight loss, three years before symptoms develop. Researchers hope their test...
