Research

ORLANDO — Increasing diversity in research, from basic and translational to clinical science, is more important than ever and clinicians need to meet people where they are to do so, according to a panel discussion here.

Each year, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons presents the Kappa Delta Awards and the Orthopaedic Research Education Foundation Clinical Research Award for outstanding clinical research on musculoskeletal disease or injury.

As Jeff Yoshimi, PhD, wrote his book about how video games could improve scientific literacy on cancer and generate ideas that could eventually lead to treatments, he proposed this title to his mother: “Curing Disease Using Video Games.”

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Ben Burton of iuvo Bioscience sheds light on how the acquisition of the company’s lab services by Canyon Labs will aid its mission to drive ophthalmic research.

Although there is still no HIV vaccine and no promising candidates in the pipeline, data published throughout 2024 show the significant impacts of prevention efforts and tools.

Although reports on COVID-19 cases and death have seemingly tapered off, COVID-19 and long COVID remained a heavy focus of research throughout this year.

For the fourth consecutive year, Prevent Blindness has declared Dec. 2 to 8 as Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week and is offering free educational resources for both patients and eye care providers.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health announced funding worth up to $125 million to help four teams research eye transplantation, according to a press release.

The Cancer Research and Treatment Fund has awarded Despina Siolas, MD, PhD, a 2-year, $200,000 grant to enhance therapeutic outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.