20 / 20 Blog Archive
Aug 9 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – As the eye ages, vision problems increase, making it harder to do everyday activities. When an older patient comes in with blurred or distorted central vision, one of the causes an ophthalmologist will check for is a macular hole. Macular holes can develop as the aging vitreous, the...
Jul 19 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Pacific Grove, CA – Every three years The Biology of Calpains in Health and Disease Conference brings together an international, multidisciplinary group of researchers who are examining the role calpains play in diseases like retinal degeneration, Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, and cancer. The...
Jul 8 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – Vinit Mahajan M.D., Ph.D., Stanford vitreoretinal surgeon and Vice Chair of Research in the department of ophthalmology, gave an overview on molecular therapies at the 2019 Stanford’s Bay Area Ophthalmology Course.
Taught on the Stanford campus, the month-long course included...
Jun 25 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – Vinit. Mahajan M.D., Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair of ophthalmology at Stanford, is proud Stanford student Trisha Kulkarni is speaking out against pay inequality for people with disabilities in her opinion piece for The Stanford Daily, “People with disabilities are still...
Jun 19 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog, Press
Palo Alto, CA - Vinit Mahajan M.D., Ph.D., Stanford vitreoretinal surgeon and Vice Chair of Research in the department of ophthalmology, was recently featured in the article, “Precision Medicine Will Rely on Proteins, Not Just DNA,” written by MaryAnn Liebert for Genetic Engineering and...
