Optical Coherence Tomography, or OCT for short, is a non-invasive technology used for imaging the retina, the multi-layered sensory tissue lining the back of the eye. OCT, the first instrument to allow doctors to see cross-sectional images of the retina, is revolutionizing the early detection...
I grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia. My parents moved there in the late 70s, as my father, VK, was recruited to West Virginia University’s ophthalmology department after his cornea training in London. My parents both grew up in India, where my mom, Rani, earned a master’s degree ...
Dr. Raju, who has travelled to more than 50 30 countries to help people with defective vision, says, he not only sees hundreds of patients in a day, but also teaches other eye doctors. He feels that most of his trips are enjoyable working vacations, partic...
European-specific meta-analysis were assessed using GARFIELD (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/birney-srv/GARFIELD) (Supplementary Fig.6). Additionally, we found 26 SNPs in eight loci showing a cis-eQTL effect in skin, which share the same embryonic origin as the cornea (Supplementary Data3). Further,...