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Just wait until you're older.. my dream is for presbyopia to be fixed. Presbyopia is essentially when your eyes can no longer auto-focus, it's incredibly annoy
by jhallenworld 5y ago
Just wait until you're older.. my dream is for presbyopia to be fixed. Presbyopia is essentially when your eyes can no longer auto-focus, it's incredibly annoying.
I think some Israeli company was supposedly working on auto-focus glasses for this... good idea, since the market is basically everyone. But it looks like they stopped.
https://eye-see-mag.com/en/high-tech/autofocus-lenses-for-presbyopia/ https://eye-see-mag.com/en/high-tech/autofocus-lenses-for-pr...
- Tade0 5y agoI've been following the development of eye drops which promise to reach the lens and make it flexible again: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04806503 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04806503 That would be really something.
- jamiek88 5y agoWow it really would be!
- beebeepka 5y agoShould we invest in the company that makes them. What an amazing development
- Tade0 5y agoNovartis acquihired them very early on and now is performing clinical trials. Results from the most recent completed study are encouraging: https://www.healio.com/news/optometry/20201012/further-study-planned-based-on-positive-results-for-presbyopia-drug https://www.healio.com/news/optometry/20201012/further-study...
- algo646464 5y agoSilly Question: It it a good experiment to put the medicine in one eye and the placebo in the other eye? What could be other consequences of such a thing?
- walterbell 5y agoVision therapy for both presbyopia and myopia relies partly on neuroplasticity: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16194580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16194580 There is a sizable incumbent revenue stream from expensive progressive lenses for those with presbyopia, which may or may not influence investment in alternative solutions.