The Journal

Cash help for eye treatment venture

NEW technology being developed to deliver sight-saving treatment to the inside of the eye has won almost £160,000 in grants to develop the idea commercially in Northumberland.

Ophthalmologist and medical researcher Dr Alan Whitmore set up Lumemed Ltd to take forward his idea of treating blindness-causing common conditions using light and magnetic fields. Currently, the only available treatment uses a needle to inject drugs into the eye, which can affect the surrounding tissues.

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