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A recent genetic discovery could revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease affecting the retina. An international research team, led by Italian Lorenzo Bianco,......

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New discoveries now open up important perspectives for the diagnosis and treatment of ocular Pemphigoid. Research is exploring the role of the microbiota in influencing the development and progression of Pemphigoid......

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Ocular pemphigoid

Ocular pemphigoid is a rare and complex autoimmune disease that mainly affects the conjunctiva, causing bilateral chronic conjunctivitis with progressive scarring. This disorder is part of the broader......

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Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is a progressive eye disease characterised by degeneration of the endothelial cells of the cornea, which are essential for maintaining transparency and good vision quality.......

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Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis

Retrobulbar optic neuritis is a pathological condition that can significantly affect vision and affects the optic nerve in the posterior part. Common symptoms include......

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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disease involving the neuromuscular junction, which in the majority of patients, approximately 90% of cases, results in ocular involvement that......

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Generative AI in Ophthalmology

Applications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology continue their rapid and inexorable progress. It was a few months ago that the study 'Deep Learning to Discriminate Arteritic From Nonarteritic Ischemic......

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Transthyretin amyloidosis

Amyloidosis is a rare disease that occurs in several forms and in the familial transthyretin form can lead to eye problems. Types of amyloidosis All types of amyloidosis are......

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