blindness
Anne Hailes: Sight loss shouldn’t be a barrier
After following Masters snooker tournament, Anne reflects on the importance of audio description services for those who are blind or partially sighted - though she is no fan of Ronnie O’Sullivan...
Light-activated gene therapy partially restores vision in blind man
A 58-year-old blind man has been able to experience partial recovery of vision in one eye with the help of a breakthrough treatment using genetic engineering and light-activated therapy.
Blind man’s vision partially restored by light-activated gene therapy
The patient was able to partially see with the treated eye, 40 years after he lost his vision.
‘Facial blindness’ studied in large-scale research project
The team at the University of Stirling will look for treatments for developmental prosopagnosia.
Gel jab for common cause of sight loss
AN INJECTION may replace the need for daily drops or surgery for those with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.
Protein discovery offers hope of blindness disease treatment – researchers
FHR4 discovery is ‘a major step forward’ in understanding more about age-related macular degeneration, researchers say.
Meet Dan Mancina: The blind skateboarder changing perceptions toward disability
‘So many visually impaired people are guided by the sighted, and they do not know what we are capable of.’
Blind woman can see objects – but only when they move – in extremely rare case
The unique phenomenon is called Riddoch syndrome.
Glaucoma: how to prevent the biggest cause of irreversible blindness
GOING blind is a frightening thought, yet many of us know very little about glaucoma.