Doctors hope for blindness cure after restoring patients' sight

Treatment for common cause of blindness could be available within five years, scientists say

A treatment for the commonest cause of blindness could be available within five years, scientists believe, after revealing the first two patients given a revolutionary stem cell therapy have regained enough vision to be able to read.

The two patients have advanced AMD - age-related macular degeneration - which destroys the central vision. Both were losing their sight. They were, said their surgeon, unable to see a book, let alone the printed letters.