Want to throw away those reading glasses for good? In August, Reuters News
Service out of London, England, reported of a new eye gel treatment
developed by scientists in Australia that may improve aging eyesight.
The technique, which involves replacing the contents of the lens in the eye
with a soft polymer gel, will initially be used to improve cataract surgery
in elderly patients. However, if the treatment is proven safe and effective,
millions of aging Baby Boomers could be spared the need to use reading
glasses to see the small print.
Arthur Ho, of the University of New South Wales and a member of the
Australian governmentıs multinational Vision Cooperative Research Centre,
says he and his team have discovered the right gel formulation for human
eyes and hope to begin trials next year.
Inserting the gel would be similar to cataract surgery but the lens would
not be replaced. The contents will be sucked out by a tiny incision in the
cornea and replaced with the gel.
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