Written by Kerry R. McGee, MD, FAAP | Reviewed by Sophie Vergnaud, MD Published on August 27, 2021 Key takeaways: Presbyopia is the natural aging of the lenses inside our eyes that makes it more difficult to focus on things that are up close. Presbyopia happens to everyone. Most people start to notice it when they reach...
by Robert Bittner, The Conversation Presbyopia stiffens the lens in the eye, and when a person can’t bend their lens as easily, they are unable to focus incoming light on the correct part of the retina and images appear blurry. Credit: BruceBlaus via WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA When people get into their 40s and beyond, their close-up vision...
Nicole DeFeudis Associate Editor Visus Therapeutics is off to a bit of a late start in the race for a therapeutic alternative to reading glasses. But with an added $36 million in the bank, CEO Ben Bergo is eyeing a quick Phase II launch for the company’s double-agent eye drops. Bergo co-founded Visus back in...
