The scientific community has erupted in protest against US President Donald Trump’s abrupt halt on foetal tissue research, calling it a “step backward for science” and a mis-guided effort to appease
A Florida ophthalmologist has patented a simple solution to an everyday problem for eye care professionals - a safe place for patients to put their specs during an eye exam. Joshua Mali’s eyeglass
Research shows an association between cognitive decline and vision impairment among older Americans. Analysis found that among adults aged 45 years and older, subjective cognitive decline
A new study shows brain stimulation can enhance a patient's ability to retrain their brains to process visual information after a stroke or an injury. Practice results in better learning and the same
Eye research charity, Fight for Sight, says it is funding the development of an ‘organ-on-chip’ to help investigate glaucoma. Dr Darryl Overby and Dr Sam Au from Imperial College London, in
Researchers at the University of Pisa have found people wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets cannot focus on both the virtual and real content at the same time. They caution this could make current
A new mobile phone can be used by a completely blind person just as fully and effectively as someone who is sighted, its makers say. RAZ Mobility, a provider of mobile assistive technology, says its
In the first study of its kind, researchers from Surrey University and Moorfields Eye Hospital have successfully tested a new treatment for melanoma-associated retinopathy (MAR), a rare autoimmune syndrome affecting cancer patients which causes night blindness and progressive vision loss.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) Fellow Dr Chameen Samarawickrama has been announced as one of the ABC and UNSW Top Five Young Scientists of the
Last year we met the Kiser family from Taranaki, who were raising money to visit America to attend a conference about Stickler Syndrome. Jai Breitnauer caught up with them to see how it all
Niue is a unique Pacific nation, consisting of a single coral island, which is home to about 1500 people, with many more Niueans living in New Zealand and Australia.
