Sight loss research needs urgent investment | Letter
by Letters from Science | The Guardian on (#4XGHE)
Leading ophthalmologists call on the new government to develop a national plan to fight blindness and address the critical lack of funding
As leading ophthalmologists and researchers we are joining the eye research charity Fight for Sight to call for urgent action on blindness in 2020 to address the research funding gap.
We know that serious sight loss doesn't discriminate - it can affect anyone at any time and it is on the increase. Science can already do so much and with the advent of new gene therapies and stem cell treatments we are so close to outcomes that were not possible a decade ago. Yet so much more needs to be done to develop new universal treatments.
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