A ray of hope for the blind! A new type of eyedrop has shown encouraging signs for treatment of the world’s most common causes of blindness — glaucoma. Scientists in Italy, who’ve come up with the eyedrops, have claimed the solution would well fight glaucoma, caused by the pressure inside the eyes and known as the “sneak thief of sight” because of its gradual effects. In fact, according to them, tests have showed the formula, which contains a special “nerve growth factor”, can prevent cells from dying and even improve vision. In preliminary trials, the technique has proved successful in improving vision in three patients whose eyes have been beset by a build-up in pressure that has previously been impossible to stop. The patients, two men and a woman in their 60s and 70s, had advanced glaucoma, some for 20 years or more. After three months of treatment, all patients showed improvements in visual sharpness and ability to detect contrast. Two of the three showed improved visual fields, while the visual field stabilised for the third.
Eye drop ‘cures blindness in early tests’
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