What Our Eyes Reveal

State-of-the-art laser optics allow us to look at the very place where vision is formed: the retina. High-resolution images provide new insights into how human vision works. Wolf Harmening’s research reveals what these images tell us about our eyes and why this is crucial for medicine.

At the University Eye Clinic in Bonn, Dr Wolf Harmening is researching the retina at a cellular level. Using the so-called AOSLO technique, tiny areas of the retina can now be imaged with pin-sharp clarity for the first time – down to individual photoreceptor cells. This level of detail opens up new possibilities for research, for example in the early detection of retinal diseases.

Only a handful of people worldwide have mastered this technique. Harmening’s work could help detect eye diseases at an early stage and preserve vision before it is lost. What is becoming visible in the laboratory today could help prevent vision loss in good time in the future.

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