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Cover Story Going Viral: Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Diseases The Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, directed by Luk H. Vandenberghe, PhD, is a leader in the use of gene therapy to fight blinding diseases. Dr. Vandenberghe’s laboratory, considered the nucleus of the Center, is working to develop safe...

Special Issue: Women in Ophthalmology Harvard Ophthalmology women have come a long way since Deborah Pavan-Langston became the first female ophthalmology resident at Harvard. In this special edition of Eye Witness, we celebrate our extraordinary faculty, trainees, and alumni who are leading the...

Danial is a first year MD Pathways student. He was born in Inglewood, CA but spent most of his life in Compton, CA. He completed a Dual Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. During his undergraduate studies, he served as a Resident Assistant and as the president...

Where clinicians, researchers, educators, and industry leaders come together to collaborate and discover new life-changing cures. The Harvard Ophthalmology Centers of Excellence and Institutes are multidisciplinary collaborations that unite clinicians, educators, investigators, trainees, and...

Many inherited diseases are caused by mutations in a single gene (Mendelian disorder), and detection of the responsible mutation can predict development of the disease with relatively high accuracy. If your clinical findings suggest the presence of an inherited eye disease, such as those described...

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is reactivation of a varicella zoster virus infection (shingles) involving the eye. In the acute phase, patients present with a dermatomal forehead rash and severe pain around the infected area. Inflammation of anterior segment tissues and, less commonly, posterior...

This project involved a testing of wake maintenance systems using a 64 hour vigil to challenge the inflammatory (measured in blood), metabolic (hormonal and glucose tolerance testing) and autonomic systems (catecholamine and blood pressure) to investigate whether the inflammatory response to sleep...

A Summary of Services available in the NCFG: Analysis of potential Glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) on various glycan arrays (CFG glycan array, Microbial glycan array, NCFG-derived arrays) Structural analysis of glycans by mass spectrometry and chromatographic techniques. Production of naturally...