Eye Opener

Medics at Elche General Hospital have created a new drug that could stop people going blind or slow down the process as a result of diabetes. Specialists at the facility’s ophthalmology department in tandem with colleagues around the country have produced the drug to deal with diabetic retinopathy, which would put into a patient’s eye, and have a far greater chance of success than current treatments as well as fewer side effects in addition to costing less. Tests on animals have proved to be successful with a third of human diabetes sufferers having the diabetic retinopathy condition.