Apple Pie, Baseball and Macular Pigments

Friday, October 23 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that dietary supplements of the macular pigments lutein and zeaxanthin can improve a ball...

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Lenses of the Future May Use Liquid Crystals to Combat Presbyopia

Thursday, October 22 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Liquid crystals, the same material in your television and smartphone screens, may soon be found within intraocular lens implants, according to...

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Nobel Prize Awarded for Discovery of Drug to Fight River Blindness

Thursday, October 15 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Awards, Vision Science

Among the winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2015, announced on October 5th, were scientists William Campbell and Satoshi Omura, for their...

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University of Montreal Research: Using Stem Cells to Fight AMD

Friday, October 9 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Cone cells produced from embryonic stem cells and transplanted into the retina could be an effective weapon in the fight against AMD, according to...

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New CL Case Changes Colour when Bacterial Contamination Detected

Thursday, October 8 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science

Researchers from the University of Manchester unveiled a microbiosensor embedded in a contact lens case that can detect unsafe levels of living...

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