Eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life,
health, sustainable development, and the economy. Yet nowadays, many people, families …

Ocular diseases seriously affect patients' vision and life quality, with a global morbidity of
over 43 million blindness. However, efficient drug delivery to treat ocular diseases …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Background Single group data present unique challenges for synthesises of evidence.
Proportional meta-analysis is becoming an increasingly common technique employed for …

Importance Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Many
patients with glaucoma are asymptomatic early in the disease course. Primary care …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) functions as a quality-control organelle for protein
homeostasis, or “proteostasis”. The protein quality control systems involve ER-associated …

Glaucoma is a multifactorial optic degenerative neuropathy characterized by the loss of
retinal ganglion cells. It is a combination of vascular, genetic, anatomical, and immune …

Background To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an
assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed …

The growing interest in nanomedicine over the last 20 years has carved out a research field
called “nanocatalytic therapy,” where catalytic reactions mediated by nanomaterials are …

The simultaneous maturation of multiple digital and telecommunications technologies in
2020 has created an unprecedented opportunity for ophthalmology to adapt to new models …