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Cultivated Autologous Limbal Epithelial Cell (CALEC) Transplantation: Development of Manufacturing Process and Clinical Evaluation of Feasibility and Safety
To treat unilateral limbal stem cell (LSC) deficiency, we developed cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cells (CALEC) using an innovative xenobiotic-free, serum-free, antibiotic-free, two-step manufacturing process for LSC isolation and expansion onto human amniotic membrane with rigorous quality control in a good manufacturing practices facility.
Recurrent keratoconus: an analysis of breaks in Bowman’s layer in corneal grafts
Discussion In contrast to previous histological studies exploring recurrent KCN,17 18 22–25 27 29 30 this study is a masked pathological analysis that compares KCN findings in repeat grafts with those from cases of primary KCN and with those from cases of failed-PK-non-KCN grafts.
Advanced and Additional Uses of Sclerals
Scleral lenses have myriad indications beyond the correction of irregular astigmatism. Sclerals are commonly used for rehabilitation of the ocular surface, even in cases of severe exposure and non-healing epithelial defects. Since scleral lenses are rotationally stable with minimal movement with blinking, they are currently being used as a stable platform for a range of optical applications.
Differentiating Regular from Irregular Corneas
Corneal topography, originally named photokeratoscopy or videokeratography, is not the newest kid on the block. Commercially available, computer-supported systems were introduced about 30 years ago. Its use has been steadily increasing globally over time and was helped by the re-introduction of orthokeratology, which requires corneal topography to fit.1 It is important to consider that the cornea is responsible for about 70% of the refractive power of the ocular system.
Contact Lens Spectrum - August 2020
Contact Lens Spectrum® is the most respected source of clinical contact lens information for optometrists, opticians and ophthalmologists. Each month, it offers timely editorial on fitting, overcoming complications, utilizing new technologies, gaining patient compliance and more — written by contact lens practitioners for contact lens practitioners. In addition, Spectrum shares valuable information via a weekly e-newsletter, Contact Lenses Today.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WITH SCLERAL LENSES
When fitting scleral lenses, we may encounter a variety of roadblocks that can range from safely applying a lens on a patient who has a challenging condition to finding the source of a complaint and addressing complicated optics, just to name a few. Whether you’re new to scleral lenses or you have extensive experience, these tricks can be time-saving. LENS APPLICATION CHALLENGES Fitting processes vary among contact lens practitioners, particularly as they relate to lens application.
District Six Museum: Keeper of Our Memories - Sawubona Magazine
For 25 years the District Six museum in Cape Town has been a gathering place of former residents, and a memorial of what was lost. At the helm of the institution is director Bonita Bennet, who ensures that memories are kept aliveand artefacts are tenderly taken care of. Old suitcases are neatly piled against a pillar;the lid of the top one is enticingly open. Inside are the poignant memories of a District Six woman:apretty cup, a matching saucer and baking utensils are carefully, reverently placed.
OPINION: Africa’s gigantic growth prospects to benefit entrepreneurs, investors | IOL Business Report
JOHANNESBURG - When Paul Lamontagne and his wife Mary Rolph-Lamontagne moved to South Africa in 2005, it was for a two-year-posting. More than a decade later they are still here. South Africa has become their home and they hold a firm view on the continent’s economic growth prospects. Lamontage believes that Africa is poised for rapid economic growth, which will benefit entrepreneurs, investors, businesses and millions of Africans.
Teen killed in Tokai forest
Cape Town - A teenager who went running in Tokai Forest was found murdered on Monday afternoon. Police suspect she was strangled. The 15-year-old, from Kalk Bay and a Constantia Waldorf pupil, had been with her mother, younger sister and the family dog, according to a friend of the family. The girl jogged off in a different direction from her mother and sister, and had planned to meet up with them a few minutes later. It is understood they regularly went to the forest for an afternoon jog.
Teen killed on family run in Tokai Forest
A TEENAGER who went running in Tokai Forest was found murdered Monday afternoon. Police suspect she was strangled. The 15-year-old, from Kalk Bay and a Constantia Waldorf pupil, had been with her mother, younger sister and the family dog, according to a friend of the family. The girl jogged off in a different direction from her mother and sister, and had planned to meet up with them a few minutes later. It is understood they regularly went to the forest for an afternoon jog.
Cape plane crash victims identified
Cape Town - The names of the people who died in the crash on a Durbanville farm this morning has been released by E-med Rescue 24. In a statement the company says they were evacuating Gabriel Le Roux on behalf of ER24 in South Africa from Oranjemund in Namibia. Le Roux, his daughter Charmaine Koortzen, 49, paramedic Alfred John Ward, 24, pilot Steven Naude, 53, and co-pilot Amore Espag, 23 died early on Sunday morning.
Hospital probe a cover-up, says family
Cape Town - The family of Blanche Appollis is outraged at the result of an investigation into the way the elderly woman was treated at the Mitchells Plain District Hospital just before her death. On Tuesday, her daughter Lee-Anne van Rensburg said she and her family met with the head of health in the province, Dr Beth Engelbrecht, and were told there had not been any male orderlies on duty the night Appollis was admitted.
W Cape delivers at Govan Mbeki Awards
KWAZULU-Natal, the Western Cape and Mpumalanga were named the best provincial Human Settlements departments at the Govan Mbeki Awards last night. The awards honour cities and provinces for delivering housing and basic services to communities. Officials from provincial and municipal housing departments attended the awards ceremony at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last night.
Mitchells Plain hospital being probed
Cape Town - The Provincial Department of Health will meet with the Appollis family in the next two weeks to discuss the outcomes of the investigation into the way Blanche Appollis was treated at the Mitchells Plain District Hospital. Appollis was admitted to the hospital on May 24 and her daughter, Lee-Anne van Rensburg, says her mother was humiliated by the treatment she received from the porters and nursing staff. She died on May 26.
More horror stories about Cape hospital
Cape Town - Horror stories of how patients are treated at the Mitchells Plain District Hospital paint a picture of a service in crisis. Many people say they have lodged complaints, but nothing has been done. Issues of staff not attending to patients, a lack of empathy and a lack of follow-up appear to have been missed by the department.
Mitchells Plain on the brink of war
Cape Town - An all-out gang war is brewing in Mitchells Plain following the death of an alleged leader of the Hard Livings gang last week. Douglas Berry, 47, was killed in Rocklands on Thursday afternoon. He had been shot eight times. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said officers were investigating a case of murder and would also be investigating if it was gang-related.
Hospital horror: family turns to HRC
Cape Town - The family of a woman who they say was humiliated by staff at the Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital while she lay dying have lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. When Blanche Appollis, 62, woke up after being resuscitated, her family say that her hands were tied, she was naked and three porters laughed at her when she asked them to cover her up. Even though her condition was serious, the family say she waited for hours to be seen by a doctor.
Mom’s last moments of humilation
Cape Town - A dying woman woke up to three porters watching and laughing at her while she was naked, with her hands tied, and they refused to help her. The indignity of being laughed at after Blanche Appollis was resuscitated was some of the horror the family of the Beacon Valley woman say she endured after being admitted to the Mitchells Plain District Hospital in May. The family say she waited for hours to be seen by a doctor and when she was admitted, it was to a bed in the obstetrics ward.
Mom’s last moments of humiliation
Cape Town - A dying woman woke up to three porters watching and laughing at her while she was naked, with her hands tied, and they refused to help her. The indignity of being laughed at after Blanche Appollis was resuscitated was some of the horror the family of the Beacon Valley woman say she endured after being admitted to the Mitchells Plain District Hospital in May. The family say she waited for hours to be seen by a doctor and when she was admitted, it was to a bed in the obstetrics ward.
Sanet’s mom welcomes validity probe
Cape Town - Sanet de Lange’s mother, also named Sanet, has welcomed the police’s investigation into the validity of her daughter’s claim that she was assaulted and had to flee for her life. Her 18-year-old daughter had said she jumped out of a metered taxi in Rondebosch in the early hours of July 10, fearing for her life, and that she was viciously attacked by three men. A Rondebosch police patrol unit found a badly assaulted Sanet unconscious, close to a church.
Operating licences for Uber slammed
Cape Town - The Western Cape Metered Taxi Council (WCMTC) has cried foul over the awarding of operating licences to Uber drivers. The council’s chairperson, Aldino Muller, said on Wednesday Uber was being allowed to operate in contravention of the provincial regulations. “Metered taxis have to have sealed meters, permanent roof and door signs, and fixed tariffs clearly visible, yet Uber does not have any of those,” Muller said.
Sanet: Police thought I was dead
Cape Town - When they found Sanet de Lange's cold and wet body on the side of the road, police thought she was dead and “threw her into the back of a patrol car” and took her to their police station. She recalls fading in and out of consciousness with her face covered in blood at the station and on Monday described how her night out turned into horror. The 18-year-old had arrived from Thailand last Wednesday and went out on Thursday night with friends to celebrate her homecoming.
Sassa official probed for R7m fraud
Cape Town - The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has uncovered grant fraud worth R7 million at its Mitchells Plain office. A number of doctors are also being investigated in relation to fraudulently filling out grant applications in Mitchells Plain and Gugulethu. On Sunday, Sassa’s head of investigations, Renay Ogle, said instances were found where doctors not registered with the Health Professions Council of SA had filled in disability grant forms for applicants.
Cyclist stabbed, robbed on Black Hill trail
Cape Town - Two cyclists were attacked and robbed of their expensive bikes and one was stabbed in the leg on the Black Hill cycling trail. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said a case of robbery was opened at the Fish Hoek police station. No one has been arrested. Marco Garuti and Guy Wills were cycling on a single track on Black Hill at Sun Valley towards Noordhoek on Saturday. Garuti said two men armed with big knives confronted and threatened them.
‘Just another drunk girl’
“Just another drunk girl.” That is how a Rondebosch police officer allegedly referred to Sanet de Lange when her family wanted to lodge a complaint after she had been brutally assaulted. The teenager’s brother, Marius Strydom, was taken aback and angered by the attitude of a police officer, named Goliath. “He kept on emphasising that she was just another drunk girl. He went on and said ‘for what do you want to make a charge’,” Strydom said yesterday.
Facebook project could backfire
The Internet.org project, driven mainly by Facebook and supported in this country by Cell C and the Western Cape government, could be the the beginning of a process that would deny quality Internet access for the majority of citizens. It is creating an environment where access to the Internet will be access to Facebook or any Facebook-approved Web sites only.
Six initiates die in the Eastern Cape
BISHO: Six young men have died in the Eastern Cape since the start of the initiation season this month, the provincial Health Department said yesterday. Department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said five of the deaths took place in the OR Tambo region, while one boy died in the Chris Hani region over the past week. One boy from Port St Johns had a septic penis and a swollen knee, while a 29-year-old initiate from Qumbu was suspected to have died as a result of defaulting on his chronic medication.
Sactwu wage deals welcomed
About 5 000 cotton textile workers in 71 companies nationally have won an 8.5 percent wage increase this year. The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (Sactwu) said the increase translates into about R7.8 million in additional wages over the next year. Sactwu also signed off on a wage deal for 2 000 workers in the general goods and handbag leather sector. The 8.5 percent increase is above the official inflation rate of 4.4 percent.
Omelette meal ends in racism fracas
Cape Town - A disagreement over the consistency of an omelette turned ugly on Thursday and ended with two men accusing each other of being racist. Both Xolela Mangcu and Francois Irvin laid charges of crimen injuria against each other. Mangcu is an associate professor of sociology at UCT and Irvin owns the Haas Collective restaurant in Buitenkant Street.
Big cash boost for Cape’s homeless
Cape Town - Up to 7 000 people live on the streets of Cape Town, and as winter sets in, the City of Cape Town has set aside R600 000 for mattresses, blankets and food for the homeless. The city says NGOs and shelters working with homeless people can apply for assistance in providing shelter and food. The social development and early childhood directorate has more than doubled its available budget for the programme this year, increasing funds from R280 000 last year to R600 000 this year.
Big weekend for DA duo
Cape Town - It’s a race to the finish – on Saturday the DA national congress starts in Port Elizabeth and a new leader will be elected. It’s been a personality race for the top position between the party’s parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane’s “Believe in Tomorrow” and its outgoing chairman Wilmot James’s “Ready to Lead”.
Doctor’s cure for Manenberg
Cape Town - After getting his degree in medicine, Randall Ortel could have moved on from Manenberg, but has chosen to stay. Ortel, 29, lives in Manenberg not because he has to, but because he wants to – so that he can be a voice for his community and to help people empower themselves. Ortel and his family lived in a wendy house in Marico Street, and a few years ago they bought a house in nearby Nahoon Street.
Equality court victory for gay couple
Cape Town - Wolseley guesthouse owners Steph and Marina Neethling were told to apologise to married couple Neil Coulson and Jonathan Sedgwick for not allowing them to make a booking at their establishment because they are gay. The ruling was made by the Equality Court following a day of mediation between the two couples this week. The Equality Court had referred the matter for mediation late last year.
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