New Vision Screening Device Provides Early Warning of Diabetic Eye Disease
Victor M. Elner, MD, PhD
RPB-supported research yields test that could give doctors and patients a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications. The device also may help diagnose changes that occur in the eye as early as 10 years before a person is diagnosed with macular degeneration. Read story
July 15, 2008
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