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The hope of watching my children grow up
(ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center will participate in third phase of a National Eye Institute (NEI)-sponsored multicenter clinical trial, the Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction (NLDO) Study in late winter. The trial will evaluate which of two approaches is optimal in treating young infants with blocked tear duct: probing the obstruction immediately or waiting to see if the condition goes away on its own after six months, as is often the case. Read more about the RP (retinitis pigmentosa) trial >

Eyeglasses for Babies? Isn't that premature? Exactly.

The primary task for “pre-mature” babies isn’t to discern shapes or faces, of course, but to survive their precarious fragility and the host of problems that can accompany it. Often, though, some of those problems affect their eyes—causing critical conditions like congenital cataracts, myopia, corneal disorders, or retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Then doctors must respond quickly in order to save the child’s vulnerable sight. Read more about eyeglasses for premature babies >

New Dobbs Lab for Ocular Immunology Research

Emory Eye Center has been awarded a $1 million grant from the R. Howard Dobbs Jr. Foundation. The grant’s purpose: to establish a new laboratory supporting the research of Santa Jeremy Ono, who is investigating the role of the immune system in the origin and development of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. Read more about the new Dobbs Lab for ocular immunology research >