New Hope for Blindness: Scientists Unlock Game-Changing Gene Therapy for Advanced Vision Loss
A groundbreaking breakthrough out of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine could change the future for patients facing blindness due to inherited retinal diseases. For the first time, researchers have developed powerful new genetic tools that actually work in advanced stages of retinal degeneration—when most vision-saving options have already run out.
Advancing Ocular Care: Purdue Engineers Develop Smart Soft Contact Lenses for Chronic Disease Management
Purdue University's College of Engineering has embarked on a groundbreaking endeavor to enhance ocular health with the development of specialized smart soft contact lenses. These lenses aim to revolutionize the management of chronic ocular diseases such as glaucoma, corneal neovascularization, and dry eye syndromes. Spearheaded by Dr. Chi Hwan Lee, an expert in StickTronics and wearable biomedical devices, the research teams have secured two grants totaling $6.7 million from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
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