Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and 23andMe Inc., have found 54 locations on the human genome that are associated with ...

Identified as a “priority eye disease” by the World Health Organization, cataracts — caused when the lenses of the eyes lose their transparency — affect more than 20 million people worldwide. Although ...

ForSight Robotics, an Israeli startup aiming to automate cataract and eye surgery, announced Tuesday that it raised $125 ...

Although cataracts can be successfully removed with surgery, this approach is expensive, and most individuals blinded by severe cataracts in developing countries go untreated. Reported Nov. 5 in ...

More than 20 million Americans have cataracts, a leading cause of vision loss and blindness, and right now surgery is the only available option to correct the problem. But new research raises the ...

Israel-based ForSight Robotics has completed a Series B funding round, raising $125m to fuel the growth phase of the robotic ...

Eye drops for dissolving cataracts works in dogs and in the lab on human tissue April 7, 2017 November 7, 2015 by Brian Wang A chemical that could potentially be used in eye drops to reverse cataracts ...

This Chemical Compound Could Melt Away Cataracts Eye drops made from “compound 29” have been shown to reduce cataracts in mice. ... The lens of the human eye is made mostly of water and proteins.

Cataract in human eye. Credit: Wikipedia. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute, with colleagues in China, have ...

Eyedrops can shrink cataracts in dogs, which may prove a first step toward a drug that can treat or even prevent cataracts in human eyes, researchers say. Cataracts form when the eye's lens grows ...

Cataracts, a condition in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, are linked to nearly half of the world’s cases of blindness, primarily in low-income countries that lack access to surgery.

As the eye care world approaches a possible shortage of ophthalmologists, the steady hand of robotic surgical tools could be a welcome addition for patients undergoing cataract surgery.Although ...