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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jonathan McCambridge

New drug could help prevent sight loss in people with diabetes, study suggests

Professor Tim Curtis from Queen’s University Belfast is the lead researcher in the new study (QUB/PA) -

A new drug treatment could help protect people with diabetes from sight loss, a study has suggested.

The research, led by Queen’s University Belfast and funded by Diabetes UK, found that by targeting early damage to the eye before it becomes irreversible, the treatment offers a potential new way to slow or prevent vision loss in people living with diabetes.

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