Macular Degeneration

Medical

Biohybrid artificial retina aims to restore vision using living cells

Spanish researchers have created a new potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration, which is currently untreatable – a biohybrid artificial retina, made of silk and loaded with new human cells that can integrate and repair the damage.

By combining two types of healthy cells into the one injection treatment, a team of scientists may have found a new way to tackle vision impairment

Medical

Two-for-one eye cell injection boosts vision in severely blinded mice

Scientists working towards next-generation treatments for blindness have made an exciting breakthrough, demonstrating how a new method of injecting healthy cells into the eyes could act as a one-two punch to address vision loss.

A new study offers the first experimental evidence to show exercise can slow macular degeneration

Health & Wellbeing

Age-related vision loss prevented by exercise in experimental study

Studies have seen physical activity slow age-related vision loss, but it hasn’t been clear how causal that relationship has been. New research is now offering the first evidence to show how exercise can directly slow, or prevent, macular degeneration.

The Port Delivery System incorporates an implanted drug reservoir, which is externally refilled

Medical

Eye implant could more effectively prevent a common form of blindness

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in older people, with the "wet" form of the disease being responsible for about 90 percent of all cases of AMD-related severe vision loss. There may be new hope, however, in the form of an experimental eye implant.

The body's own immune cells may be the culprit behind the slow retinal deterioration associated with glaucoma

Medical

MIT research points to autoimmune disease as the cause of glaucoma

An exciting breakthrough has revealed a new hypothesis behind the cause of glaucoma, a common degenerative eye disease. The study found a high number of T-cells present in the retinas of those suffering from the disease, suggesting the condition may have a previously undetected autoimmune cause.

This is the first study to comprehensively reveal how blue light turns safe molecules in the retina into cell killers

Science

Researchers reveal how blue light exposure is damaging our eyes

In today’s connected world we are increasingly having blue light beamed into our eyes at all times of day. A new study from the University of Toledo has homed in on exactly how blue light can damage our eyes and the researchers recommend avoiding looking at cell phones and tablets in the dark.

Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma were all associated with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in a new study

Health & Wellbeing

Degenerative eye diseases associated with Alzheimer's risk

A study has found a correlation between some degenerative eye diseases and Alzheimer’s disease. No mechanism explaining the connection has been proposed but it is thought these eye conditions may help physicians identify patients at risk of developing Alzheimer’s before major symptoms appear.

Two of the women were able to see well enough to drive before the damaging procedure

Biology

Blindness strikes three women after iffy stem-cell treatments

Stem cells have been shown to do everything from regrowing skull bones to healing damaged lung tissue. They've even restored vision in rabbits. But when three adult women tried an unproven stem-cell treatment in Florida to combat vision loss from macular degeneration, they all went blind.