The following is a summary of “Racial disparities in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy treated with pars plana vitrectomy in an underserved population,” published in the April 2025 ...

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Credit: SUPERMAO/Shutterstock. Vantage Biosciences has dosed the first subject in the randomised Phase II trial of oral therapy VX-01 to treat non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR). The ...

Firstpost spoke to Dr Rakesh Seenappa, Regional Head of Retina Services at Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital (Bengaluru) to understand how diabetic retinopathy develops, its warning signs and the latest ...

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Diabetes affects more than 101 million people in India today. The number is estimated to reach 125 million by the year 2045.

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