Using Patient's Own Reprogrammed Stem Cells To Treat Dry AMD and How Blind and Visually Impaired Deal With Social Interactions

Dr. Kapil Bharti (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Melissa Taussig (Adjustment Counselor for Blindness Community)

Dr. Kapil Bharti, Senior Investigator of the Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section of the National Eye Institute, discusses how a patient's own reprogrammed stem cells can be implanted back into the individual's own eyes to treat the dry form of age-related macular degeneration.

Dr. Lynsey Romo, an associate professor of communication at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, and Melissa Taussig, an adjustment counselor for the blindness community, explain how those who are blind and visually impaired deal with social interactions.

10/2/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Children's Eye Health and 4to24 App for Blind Youth On September 4 Show

Dr. Michael Maldonado (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso, TX)

Dr. Karla Antonelli (NRTC at Mississippi State University - Starkville, MS)

Dr. Michael Maldonado, Therapeutic Optometrist and Clinical Director of the Ocular Sciences Division, at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in El Paso, goes over ways to keep children's eyes healthy.

Dr. Karla Antonelli, Research Scientist I, at the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University, explains the 4to24 mobile app, which helps youth who are blind and have low vision and their parents prepare for employment and independent living.

9/4/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Alt Text From Webb Telescope and Metformin Clinical Trial For Stargardt Disease On August 21 Show

Tim Rhue (Space Telescope Institute - Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Brian Brooks (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Tim Rhue, principal informal education specialist, and Margaret Carruthers, writing and design deputy, of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, explain the process by which the alt text descriptions explaining the images from the James Webb Space Telescope were written.

Then, Dr. Brian Brooks, branch chief of Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function branch of the National Eye Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, goes over a clinical trial, involving a drug, metformin, which potentially could slow the progression of photoreceptor death in Stargardt Disease.

August 21 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Loss Of "Youth" Protein Drives Aging of Eyes In Mice And OcuMet Beacon Used To Detect Fluorescence To Diagnose Glaucoma Early On August 7 Show

Dr. Patricia Becerra (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Dr. Richard Rosen (Mount Sinai Health System - New York, NY)

Dr.  Patricia Becerra, chief of the National Eye Institute Section on Protein Structure and Function, discusses how loss of the "youth" protein, pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), drives aging of the eye in mice.

Then, Dr. Richard Rosen, Pierce Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Retinal Service Chief of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, explains how the OcuMet Beacon camera with special filters that specifically isolate fluorescence detect flavoprotein fluorescence (FPF), which is an indicator of mitochondrial oxidative stress and early sign of glaucoma.

8/7/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Parents' Understanding of Activities Affecting Children's Vision and Black Patients' Increased Risk of Advanced Vision Loss From Glaucoma On July 31 Show

Dr. Olivia Killeen (University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center - Ann Arbor, MI)

Dr. Louis Pasquale (Mount Sinai Hospital - New York, NY)

Dr. Olivia Killeen, clinical lecturer in ophthalmology and visual sciences and fellow in the National Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, goes over the results of a study showing how well parents understand how activities such as screen time, wearing protective eyewear, and getting regular eye exams affect their children's vision.

Then, Dr. Louis Pasquale, professor of ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine and Site Chair at the Department of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, discusses a study showing that black patients are six times as likely to develop advanced vision loss in new onset glaucoma cases as white patients.

 7/31/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Levels Of Certain Protein As Indicator Of Frequency Of Necessary Treatments In Wet AMD And Relationship Between Circadian Rhythms And Photoreceptor Health in Fruit Flies

Dr. Akrit Sodhi (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Pankaj Kapahi (Buck Institute - Novato, CA)

Dr. Akrit Sodhi, associate professor of ophthalmology, Branna and Irving Sisenwein Professorship In Ophthalmology, at Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, explains how levels of a certain protein, angiopoietin-like 4, in patients, can predict if the length of the interval between necessary injections can be extended for those with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration.

Then, Dr. Pankaj Kapahi of the Buck Institute of Novato, California and Founder of Juvify, discusses the relationship between circadian rhythms, photoreceptor health, and lifespans of fruit flies.

7/10/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Cataracts and Reference Map Of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Showing Different Subpopulations

Dr. Bruce Rosenthal (Lighthouse Guild - New York, NY)

Dr. Kapil Bharti (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Dr. Bruce Rosenthal, Chief of Low Vision Services at Lighthouse Guild, in New York, explains the causes, symptoms, and treatments of cataracts.

Dr. Kapil Bharti, Senior Investigator, in the Ocular and Stem Cell Translational Research Section, at the National Eye Institute, in Bethesda, Maryland, explains how artificial intelligence was used to create a "reference map" of the retinal pigment epithelium based on morphometry showing different subpopulations of RPE cells being vulnerable to different types of retinal diseases.

6/26/2022 Podcast (Click Image Below)