Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have revealed a major breakthrough that could have implications for sufferers of the dry form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, one of the most common forms of vision loss.

An artificial intelligence company and a collaboration between four UK-based sight loss charities has found that a number of existing drugs could possibly reduce sight loss from age-related macular degeneration.

A recent trial involving 220 macular degeneration sufferers has shown that a “long-acting port delivery system” (in other words, a slow-release implant) has allowed some of the trial group to go up to 15 months between treatments.

Scientists say eye-on-a-chip technology may provide a new, quicker research opportunity for the study of macular degeneration, if proposals made recently at the University of Twente (UT) in Holland are adopted.

Last year, a team from the University of Birmingham invented a method of delivering macular degeneration drugs which are currently injected into the eyeball as eye drops.

Canadian scientists claim to have discovered a direct link between the blue light emitted by digital devices and the production of a toxin which kills light cells in our eyes, and which ultimately can speed up the onset of macular degeneration.

Following a 15 year study, Australian researchers have observed that those who ate oranges regularly were less likely to develop age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) than their non-orange eating peers.

Scientists have thought for some time that stem cell therapy could provide an answer to various forms of age-related sight loss, but recent trials have largely proved unsuccessful.

A ground-breaking stem-cell implant procedure has enabled a man and a woman suffering from severe wet macular degeneration (AMD) to read again. Experts claim the procedure offers real hope to AMD sufferers.

A study of over 200,000 Korean adults into the relationship between exercise and the onset of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) has delivered an unexpected conclusion: exercise is associated with an increased risk of AMD.