New data shows patients maintaining vision after a single intravitreal injection of gene therapy Gene therapy is showing promise for one of the most common causes of blindness. Data presen... Read more
In a small and preliminary clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators have shown that an experimental gene therapy that uses viruses to introduce a therapeutic gene in... Read more
Drugs used to treat blindness-causing disorders could be successfully administered by eye drops rather than unpleasant and expensive eye injections Drugs used to treat blindness-causing diso... Read more
Slimmed-down telescopic contact lens switches between magnified and normal vision using a modified pair of liquid crystal eyeglasses Contact lenses correct many people’s eyesight but... Read more
Implant improves vision for patients suffering from the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first... Read more
Bio-Retina restores vision to AMD sufferers almost immediately following the simple implantation process At least 25-30 million people worldwide have age-related macular degeneration (AMD),... Read more
International experts have developed a prosthetic retina A REVOLUTIONARY device that could restore sight to patients with one of the most common causes of blindness has shown “encouraging” r... Read more
An exciting new prospect for a novel therapy for AMD Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating t... Read more