A NEAT fix for ageing eyes could be tested in humans next year. The treatment, which involves replacing the contents of the lens in the eye with a soft polymer gel, could allow millions of people to throw away their reading glasses.
“At first, we see it being used as an improvement to current cataract surgery,” says Arthur Ho at the University of New South Wales, a key member of the Australian government’s multinational Vision Cooperative Research Centre (Vision CRC) that is working on the technique. “But once it is shown to be safe and effective, we think that more and more younger people who are…
