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Israeli scientists have developed a contact lens that may be able to offer sight to the blind. Led by Professor Zeev Zalevsky, the research team from Bar-Ilan University has received high praise from Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, who stated during the official ceremony that saw Israel join Geneva-based nuclear research organisation CERN that their discovery as one of the greatest achievements made by the country’s scientific community. Lieberman told the audience that the bionic contact lens was no different… Read More ➝

Dry eye is one of the most common complaints associated with contact lens wear. The leading cause of this condition is meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), but it seems there is a widely used antibiotic that can help address the problem. The potential new treatment has been identified by US researchers and involves the use of azithromycin. The discovery belongs to a team of researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School. They have found… Read More ➝

Contact lenses have come a long way in the past few decades but the industry continues to reap the benefits of new advances and discoveries. There may come a time when lens-related infections become non-existent and Australia will take major credit for that. Thanks to the work of researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), future contact lenses could have antimicrobial coatings that eliminate the danger of infections, thus ushering in a golden age for the contact lens… Read More ➝

When you think of body pains and aches, the eyes do not normally spring up in that train of thought. This is all the more reason to take any eye pain very seriously and seek immediate consultation with your doctor. Unless an injury is involved, it is often difficult to pinpoint the cause of eye pain. What makes the situation even more complicated is the fact that pain intensity does not necessarily indicate the seriousness of the cause. AllAboutVision has… Read More ➝

Scientists from the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have developed a new method of using human amniotic membrane for growing stem cells that can be used in corneal transplantation to treat corneal blindness. Corneal blindness is a condition affecting around eight million people in the world every year, and is sometimes caused by a deficiency of stem cells resulting from a genetic fault or an eye injury that leads to loss of vision. While one of the ways to transplant corneal… Read More ➝

People living in large cities with serious air pollution levels are at an increased risk of developing dry eye syndrome, a study has found. The research was led by Anat Galor, assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in New Orleans. This is the first large-scale study that seeks to prove a link between air pollution and dry eye syndrome. The health records… Read More ➝

It is generally accepted that contact lens discomfort (CLD) is the main reason for people to discontinue wearing lenses. Estimates show that as many as 50% of lens wearers around the world experience CLD. Despite the scale of the problem, and the massive body of literature dedicated to it, eye care experts have so far operated without a consensus on the definition of CLD. To address this issue, the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) organised a workshop which… Read More ➝