Vision-improving nanoparticle eyedrops could end the need for glasses

Vision-improving nanoparticle eyedrops could end the need for glasses

  • March 9, 2018
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Vision-improving nanoparticle eyedrops could end the need for glasses

Could the development of eyesight-improving eyedrops help eliminate the need for glasses? Quite possibly, suggests new research coming out of Israel’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University. A team of ophthalmologists at these institutes have invented and tested “nanodrops” which, combined with a laser process, reportedly results in improvements in both short- and long-sightedness.

Clinical testing in humans is set to take place later in 2018.

Source: digitaltrends.com

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