Thomas Johnson

Aug 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Angela Liu |Kelly Anderson |Joseph Levy |Thomas Johnson

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Sep 1, 2023 | glaucomaphysician.net | Thomas Johnson

This is an exciting time for regenerative medicine, especially as it relates to ophthalmology. Diseases of the retina and optic nerve have long been considered treatable but incurable. Anti-VEGF therapy revolutionized our field by enabling vision improvement through resolution of cystoid macular edema or subretinal fluid in conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vascular occlusion.

Jan 24, 2023 | nature.com | Thomas Johnson

AbstractLand-use and climate change have been linked to changes in wildlife populations, but the role of socioeconomic factors in driving declines, and promoting population recoveries, remains relatively unexplored. Here, we evaluate potential drivers of population changes observed in 50 species of some of the world’s most charismatic and functionally important fauna—large mammalian carnivores.