Scientists invent an eye patch covered in drug-delivering needles

Sounds Fun

A team of researchers in Singapore has developed an eye patch covered in dissolvable needles that deliver drugs right into the eyeball.

The RPE65 mutation affects around 1,000 to 2,000 patients in the US. Nearly 6,000 people worldwide could benefit from the treatment.

The FDA has approved a first-of-its-kind gene therapy called Luxturna to treat a genetic mutation that can cause blindness.

This shows major potential for stem cell therapies.

Studies out of Jerusalem and Miami found that patients responded well to stem cell treatments for a common degenerative eye disease.