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August 7, 2003
More Hope for Aging Eyes
Researchers may have stumbled on a way to eliminate the need for reading glasses in older adults: removing the fluid filling of the eye's lens and replacing it with a synthetic gel.
This article in New Scientist describes how the procedure, which could take as little as 15 minutes in an an outpatient facility, could work.
Testing is currently being done primarily on animals, but human testing could be close to follow if the results continue to be as promising. Between this and cataract surgery and Lasix, treatment of common eye maladies are definitely seeing a lot of headway. Now if we can just get some better progress made on treating macular degeneration, that'll be something.
Posted by Craig in Health & Medicine