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- On January 9, 2026, the 11th Annual Meeting of Medical Scientists was grandly convened in Beijing. The conference unveiled two prestigious lists: the "2025 Top Ten Innovative Medical Experts in China" and the "2025 Top Ten Original Advances in Ophthalmology in China". Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (Z202601 / 23
- Primary Congenital Glaucoma (PCG) is one of the leading causes of childhood blindness. Surgery is the primary treatment to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) and protect the optic nerve. However, children with well-controlled postoperative IOP often still face significant visual challenges. Previous s202512 / 20
- With the in-depth implementation of the State Council's Opinions on Further Implementing the "Artificial Intelligence +" Initiative and the comprehensive advancement of the "Healthy China" strategy, artificial intelligence (AI), as a key engine driving medical modernization, continues to empower inn202511 / 28
- The winners of the 2024 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Awards were recently announced. Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-sen University secured a total of 3 Science and Technology Progress Awards, comprising two First Prizes and one Second Prize. 2024 First Prize for Scien202511 / 27
- Ophthalmologists from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University reached a milestone on Sunday by successfully conducting the world's first remote robotic subretinal injection surgery. The surgery's core platform was an independently developed domestic 5G ophthalmic surgical robot. T202511 / 06
- Research Summary Ethical governance of artificial intelligence is a core issue for ensuring the healthy development of the technology. With the deep integration of medical AI in areas such as disease diagnosis and treatment planning, the ethical challenges it raises—including data privacy, algor202510 / 18
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of common, refractory blinding diseases characterized by progressive degeneration and death of photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The causative genes and pathogenesis have not been fully elucidated. RPE cells are the crucial "support unit"202509 / 28
- "To address the needs of early-stage cataract patients, we developed the world's first eye drops that can reverse cataracts," said Lin Haotian, Director of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) at Sun Yat-sen University. The breakthrough was announced at a press conference on Guangdong's new quality pr202509 / 12
- The evaluation results for the centralized reception of applications for the 2025 National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) projects have been announced. Our center secured 34 funded projects, including 1 key project, 1 Young Scientists Fund (Category B), 15 general projects, and 17 Young Scientist202508 / 29
- Research Background Current cataract surgery relies heavily on the surgeon's personal experience and manual skill, leading to relatively low precision. Even for a seemingly simple step like capsulorhexis, the success rate for achieving centration that completely covers the edge of the intraoc202508 / 21
