Almost 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries and the main cause of this often needless and frequently avoidable blindness is cataracts.
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Schoolboy, 15, can ride a bike for the first time after getting bionic arm
Alan Gifford caught a rare infection which meant doctors had to amputate both of his hands. He has grown up unable to enjoy the activities most youngsters take for granted, including riding a bike. But thanks to the new robotic hand fitted on his right wrist the teenager can now grip the handlebars. His mother Hannah Jones, 37, of Swansea, said: “Alan is finding it much easier to do things now.
God of Sight: Prominent Nepal doctor to expand work beyond border
A Nepalese patient waits for his eye patch to be removed at the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu. Nepal’s ‘God of Sight’ doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains to other parts of the world so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world.
London investor Tej Kohli on chasing the ‘second wave’ of CRISPR-Cas9
The only thing worse than losing money on an investment is having to watch the value of something that you didn’t back grow beyond all expectations” says London-based technologist and investor Tej Kohli. Kohli is talking into a laptop with the team of experts that he has assembled to spearhead a new initiative for his Kohli Ventures investment vehicle. Staring back at Kohli are the faces of a crack team of Ph.D. and MBA holders from the worlds of biotechnology and genetic engineering.
London investor Tej Kohli on chasing the ‘second wave’ of CRISPR-Cas9
“The only thing worse than losing money on an investment is having to watch the value of something that you didn’t back grow beyond all expectations” says London-based technologist and investor Tej Kohli. Kohli is talking into a laptop with the team of experts that he has assembled to spearhead a new initiative for his Kohli Ventures investment vehicle. Staring back at Kohli are the faces of a crack team of PhD and MBA holders from the worlds of biotechnology and genetic engineering.
Nepal’s God of Sight eye doctor to expand work beyond border
Just next to the Mayadevi temple where Buddha was born more than 2,600 years ago, hundreds of people lined up outside a makeshift hospital on a recent hazy day, hoping their fading eyesight could be restored.