A small proof-of-concept study of robotic-assisted cataract surgery reports successful outcomes with no treatment-related ...

Cataract, or vision loss due to clouding of the eye’s lens, is a large and costly international problem. Over 80 million people currently have low vision due to cataract. Cataracts can only be treated ...

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute, with colleagues in China, have developed a new, regenerative medicine approach to remove congenital ...

Cataracts may eventually be treatable with eyedrops instead of surgery, according to an animal study led by UC San Diego scientists. Researchers led by Kang Zhang treated cataracts in dogs and ...

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Forbes says that more than 4 million cataract surgeries are performed each year in the U.S. alone. Yet, according to a World Health Organization report, over 1 billion people globally suffer from ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (UPI) --A chemical was shown to clear cataracts in mice and human eye lens tissue in lab experiments, and researchers have already licensed it to a company to develop for human ...

New research uses an improved laboratory model to simulate cataract surgery on human donor eyes. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with Hoya Surgical Optics have improved a ...

Researchers have developed a new, regenerative medicine approach to remove congenital cataracts in infants, permitting remaining stem cells to regrow functional lenses. Researchers at University of ...