Research

Establishing the Moorfields Glaucoma BioResource to predict glaucoma development and personalise care

Researchers funded by Fight for Sight and Glaucoma UK are establishing a world-leading glaucoma bioresource of linked clinical and genetic data, allowing researchers to develop prediction models for personalised glaucoma treatment.

Investigating doxycycline-loaded biodegradable microparticles

Which ‘control genes’ in the eye play a part in causing glaucoma?

Using the latest technology to scan 1000s of genes.

Preventing the scarring that makes several major causes of sight loss so hard to treat

Aiming to develop a treatment for the main reason glaucoma surgery can fail

MicroRNA based therapeutics to treat ocular fibrosis in glaucoma.

A study to develop miRNA-based therapeutics to treat TGFβ induced fibrosis to improve the treatment of glaucoma medically and surgically.

'Relaxin' the pressure in glaucoma

Investigating how to regenerate the optic nerve

A scaffolding strategy for stimulating optic nerve regeneration

How do support cells affect the optic nerve’s ability to regenerate?

Finding out if there’s a way to boost repairs to a damaged retina that could one day become a treatment to prevent or cure some forms of blindness.

A look at the back of the eye in Kenyan over-50s

A follow-up study to find out about new and ongoing cases of age-related sight loss and disability.