Treatment of age related macular degeneration using nanosecond laser therapy: Safety profile studies in humans and mice

Kirstan Anne Vessey; Tracy Ho; Andrew Ian Jobling; Samuel A Mills; Mai Tran; Alice Brandli; Jackson Lam; Robyn H Guymer; Erica L Fletcher

Conference Proceedings

Treatment of age related macular degeneration using nanosecond laser therapy: Safety profile studies in humans and mice

Kirstan Anne Vessey, Tracy Ho, Andrew Ian Jobling, Samuel A Mills, Mai Tran, Alice Brandli, Jackson Lam, Robyn H Guymer, Erica L Fletcher

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE | ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC | Published : 2018

University of Melbourne Researchers

Kirstan Vessey Author

Andrew Jobling Author

Alice Brandli Author

Robyn Guymer Author

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by #LP150100482 (ARC Linkage to ELF), #1061418 and #1138253 (NH&MRC project grant to ELF/AIJ/KAV). National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia fellowship GNT1103013 (RHG).

Keywords

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Ophthalmology

Science & Technology