From Outer Space to the Eye Clinic: New Cataract Early Detection Technique--Patients and Astronauts Benefit from NEI-NASA Collaboration

A compact fiber-optic probe developed for the space program has now proven valuable for patients in the clinic as the first non-invasive early detection device for cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss worldwide.

Source: News from NEI - January 8, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Tags: News and Events Source Type: news