Scientific Research and Development
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Aleksandr Babushkin |
At the Department of Scientific Research and Development our researchers conduct fundamental, exploratory and applied clinical trials to prevent, diagnose and treat hereditary and acquired ocular diseases.
Current research areas include:
- Pathgenesis and treatment of degenerative and inflammatory corneal diseases
- Pathogenetic mechanisms and menagement of vitreoretinal proliferation associated with diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
- Comprehensive population-based studies on ophthalmic pathologies, prioritizing diseases of significant public health concern
The Department coordinates research and development activities, provides scientfic and methodological suppoprt to the Institute's research divisions. Each division carries out scientific work focusing on developing innovative technologies. A key objective is to bring the staff's scienfitic ideas and inventions to a practigal stage to facilitate the commercialization of the Institute's intellectual property. Specifically, the scientific team's work yielded a technology for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with degenerative corneal diseases. This includes medical devices "UFalink", "UFalink Kvant", and "Dextralink" - a photosensitizing agent. All of them are widely used in ophthalmology clinics and centers in Russia and CIS countries.