Research

Fight for Sight and the Dystonia Society fund blepharospasm research

Early experiments suggest that insulin-producing cells transplanted in the eye can function long-term without immune suppression

University of Edinburgh researchers have conducted a randomised clinical trial in 16 limbal stem cell deficiency patients

A patient’s vision was reduced to hand movements in her left eye following tubercular uveitis

A new potential therapy for retinoblastoma has had positive effects in mouse models and a pilot clinical trial involving two patients

A molecule that has the potential to more effectively target the cause of river blindness and elephantiasis will enter pre-clinical trials

Researchers were able to prevent blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy

A compound from the Christmas berry primrose plant is being explored as a potential therapeutic option for uveal melanoma

A patient presented to hospital with a severe headache, blurred vision and an aversion to light

Half of patients involved in a trial of a new gene therapy for congenital blindness had improvements in visual acuity after three months