Eyezone International and Global Ophthalmic Institute launch OptiCE

As a collaborative effort by Eyezone International and Global Ophthalmic Institute (GOI), an international organization committed to facilitating online access to high-quality eye care education resources, OptiCE is founded as…

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Ensuring fairness of AI in healthcare requires cross-disciplinary collaboration

Pursuing fair artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare requires collaboration between experts across disciplines, says a global team of scientists led by Duke-NUS Medical School in a new perspective published in npj…

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KeraLink International Provides $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Enable Development of Bioengineered Corneal Implants

Press Release BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KeraLink International (KLI) today announced $2.5 million in seed funding in Pantheon Vision (PV) to launch the development of a novel advancement to help eradicate corneal blindness…

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The Impact of UKZN’s Commitment to Eye Care Education: Lighting the Way Forward

Elefuntboy/Wikimedia In the ever-evolving landscape of health and medicine, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's (UKZN) Department of Optometry emerges as a luminary, illuminating the path for many others to follow. Its…

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Sol Reader Puts Bookworms Right Inside Their eBooks

If you're a really avid reader, you may resent the visual distractions that keep you from becoming thoroughly immersed in a book. That's where the Sol Reader comes in, as it fills…

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Breaking Into Tears to Design Custom Eye Drops

Compared to artificial tears, or eye drops, human tears are significantly more complex liquids, with a wide range of components including lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, water, and salt. It is this…

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Kuwait Hosted 22nd Conference to Update ECPs’ Knowledge in Ophthalmology

The Ministry of Health in Kuwait, in its continuous development in the field of ophthalmology and the exchange of professional experiences, as well as updates on the advancement of treatment…

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Thales Launches Voice Payment Card for Visually Impaired People

Thales developed a solution for people with impaired vision in their daily payment experiences. It vocalizes each step of a transaction and is now certified by Visa and Mastercard.Developed in…

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Scientists are Developing ‘Smart Contact Lens’ to Detect Eye Infections

A pioneering ‘smart contact lens’ is being tested for eye infections in a quick, non-invasive way is being developed. According to the news release, proponents of the project hoped the…

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