{"id":180327,"date":"2024-01-12T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/scientists-have-eye-on-quantum-technology-for-age-related-macular-degeneration-detection"},"modified":"2024-01-12T08:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:24:04","slug":"scientists-have-eye-on-quantum-technology-for-age-related-macular-degeneration-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/scientists-have-eye-on-quantum-technology-for-age-related-macular-degeneration-detection","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Have Eye on Quantum Technology For Age-related Macular Degeneration Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-have-eye-on-quantum-technology-for-age-related-macular-degeneration-detection2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PRESS RELEASE \u2014 Scientists are working on a new device that could lead to a reduction in the number of people who go blind from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researchers at <a href=\"https:\/\/cevr.hk\/\">Centre for Eye and Vision Research<\/a> (CEVR) are using quantum technology to detect the disease in its early stages where treatment may help preserve vision.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a visit during the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/hklaureateforum.org\/en\/\">Hong Kong Laureate Forum<\/a>, young scientists from across the world learned how the new low-cost ophthalmic diagnostic device could be part of routine GP and outpatient check-ups.<\/p>\n<p>AMD which affects more than 200 million people worldwide, causes changes to the macula, which can lead to problems with central, detailed vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE \u2014 Scientists are working on a new device that could lead to a reduction in the number of people who go blind from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researchers at Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR) are using quantum technology to detect the disease in its early stages where treatment may help preserve [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}