Rogue gene causes short-sightedness

LONDON – Scientists have identified a rogue gene that causes myopia or shortsightedness, paving the way for eye drops that could prevent or halt the condition.

Within 10 years, these eye drops could be commonplace, sparing millions the inconvenience of contact lenses, spectacles and laser surgery.
Myopia or blurred vision of distant objects is …. Original source  : Rogue gene causes short-sightedness.

Donors give new meaning to ‘eye for an eye’

NEW DELHI – Schoolgoer Shivani Batra, who is 12 years old now, would often ask what the colour pink looked like, making her mother’s eyes well up. The Delhi girl suffered from corneal blindness – a problem that affects two million people in India.

But all this changed, when in 2006, Shivani’s family came to … Original source on Gaea Times at : Donors give new meaning to ‘eye for an eye’.