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The Lens Newsletter: May 15


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In this week's episode:

  • Conbercept, an anti-VEGF agent, was found to be non-inferior to laser therapy for treatment of infants with Zone II retinopathy of prematurity

  • ChatGPT-4 accurately responded to ⅔ of multiple-choice questions related to ophthalmic cases with imaging interpretation, performing better on questions that did not rely on imaging interpretation

  • Culturable SARS-Cov-2 RNA was found in a small proportion of tears of patients with COVID suggesting this may be a potential source of transmission

  • Sympathetic nervous system activity, measured in urine catecholamines was correlated with increases in axial length elongation, suggesting stress can lead to myopia progression

  • ... and more!



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