THE surgeon who pioneered laser eye surgery to cure short-sightedness has ann-ounced a new technique which could prevent millions going blind.
Prof John Marshall, senior ophthalmologist at King’s College, Lon-don, has developed a short pulse laser tech-nique which can delay the onset of age-related macular degeneration.
AMD is the leading cause of blindness in over 60s in the West and 200,000 people in the UK are currently registered as blind or partially sighted because of it.
Prof Marshall calls it “retinal rejuvenation”, without damaging any other cells.
