Research

Do environmental changes to DNA play a part in the risk of getting AMD?

Gathering the information we need to reduce the risk of severe sight loss.

Overcoming the barriers to gene therapy in Leber congenital amaurosis

Finding out which patients might benefit in a step towards clinical trials.

A new technique for keeping artificial lenses clear: it works, but how?

Understanding how lens cells behave after cataract surgery

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.

Delivering 'drop-based' immunotherapeutic therapy to the choroid and retina: a new approach in uveitis and age-related macular degeneration

Researchers aim to develop medicines that could be given in ‘drop’ form rather than through the usual method of eye injection.

A randomised feasibility study of imaging-based uveitis screening for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

'Relaxin' the pressure in glaucoma

RGC structure and mitochondrial function in LHON: the paradox of recovery and an extended therapeutic window.

Analysing DNA to provide accurate diagnoses and help predict the outcome of retinoblastoma (Rb)

Researchers are investigating eye fluid samples from retinoblastoma patients to make the test as reliable and cost efficient as possible so it can be introduced into clinical service.