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University of Colorado Bioresearchers Work to Make Cataract Surgery Safer and More Efficient

Posted by Laura Braden on Wed, Apr 01, 2015

Cataracts are the most common form of vision impairment around the world. Nearly everyone in the world knows someone who has cataracts or will get cataracts themselves sometime in life. Cataracts, the most common cause of vision impairment, cloud the lens inside the eye and make it difficult to see.  Although surgery can be performed to replace the clouded lens in the eye, it is both costly and challenging for surgeons to perform. (Image of eye by 8thstar via Wikimedia Commons). 

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