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Prof. Robyn Gymer: The rapidly evolving field of Geographic Atrophy

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Spurred on by the seemingly hopeless plight of patients with AMD, professor Robyn Gymer is one of the leading lights in dry AMD research. 

Robyn explains why it was important to have developed a universally accepted classification for GA, the relationships between macular structure and function, and why early OCT signs of nascent GA can help us identify who is at risk of progression. She also explores the potential role of complement blockers and gene therapy in slowing the progression of GA.

This episode is a perfect way to get up to speed with the rapidly evolving field of GA, a condition with which 60 million people globally will suffer by 2040.

Plus Robyn regales us with a wonderful anecdote about her first Moorfields clinic with Professor Birdlip, when her rather direct Antipodean manner left the other British trainees open-mouthed!

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