Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA Archives - Insight Presented by Prime Creative Media Wed, 08 Jun 2022 01:56:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-Insight-favicon-32x32.png Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA Archives - Insight 32 32 Potential AMD and sleep apnoea could alter treatment landscape https://www.insightnews.com.au/potential-amd-and-sleep-apnoea-could-alter-treatment-landscape/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:25:01 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=28009
Professor Robyn Guymer (right) and Ms Wendy Fang with a pulse oximeter. Image credit: Anna Carlile.

Discovering new risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has led Centre for Eye Research Australia’s (CERA) macular research unit to investigate links between sleep apnoea and AMD. SleepRead More

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Professor Robyn Guymer (right) and Ms Wendy Fang with a pulse oximeter. Image credit: Anna Carlile.
Discovering new risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has led Centre for Eye Research Australia’s (CERA) macular research unit to investigate links between sleep apnoea and AMD. Sleep
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]]> ‘She is an inspiration’: leader in AMD research inducted into Victorian Honour Roll https://www.insightnews.com.au/she-is-an-inspiration-leader-in-amd-research-inducted-into-victorian-honour-roll/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:00:49 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=23988
Prof Robyn Guymer embarked on a macular research career after growing frustrated by the lack of treatment options.

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Prof Robyn Guymer embarked on a macular research career after growing frustrated by the lack of treatment options.
Professor Robyn Guymer, deputy director and head of macular research at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), has been inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. The honour recognises Guymer
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]]> Risk of blindness from rare genetic eye disease less than previously reported https://www.insightnews.com.au/risk-of-blindness-from-rare-genetic-eye-disease-less-than-previously-reported/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:04:07 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=23610 Duncan Meerding
Duncan Meerding was 18 when he realised he had a major problem with his vision. Image: Jenny Davson-Galle

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Duncan Meerding was 18 when he realised he had a major problem with his vision. Image: Jenny Davson-Galle
New research has revealed for the first time the number of Australian families affected by genetic mutations that cause Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a genetic eye disease so rare that some
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]]> Rewriting eye disease: Are we ready for gene therapies? https://www.insightnews.com.au/rewriting-eye-disease-are-we-ready-for-gene-therapies/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:54:57 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=22512 Dna,Helix,3d,Illustration.,Mutations,Under,Microscope.,Decoding,Genome.,Virtual

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In 2020, ophthalmology became the first medical field in Australia to secure approval for a gene therapy. The one-off treatment can restore vision in people once resigned to a lifetime of blindness
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]]> Quinlivan grant goes beyond ‘how and why’ of glaucoma research https://www.insightnews.com.au/quinlivan-grant-goes-beyond-how-and-why-of-glaucoma-research/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:07:35 +0000 http://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=17356
Dr Flora Hui, research fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia.

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Dr Flora Hui, research fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia.
An optometrist-turned-research fellow leading a world-first clinical trial investigating whether daily doses of vitamin B3 could prevent glaucoma blindness has been awarded Glaucoma Australia (GA)’s
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