An investment into eye research worth £1.6m has been pledged by UK sight loss charity Fight for Sight.
The charity has awarded 10 new research grants, including one clinical fellowship, two early career investigator awards and seven project grants.
The work funded by the charity will take place in universities and hospitals across the UK.
Fight for Sight director of research Dr Dolores Conroy said: 'Currently, there are a huge number of eye conditions that we do not know enough about. It is therefore crucial that we invest as much as we can into research which could bring us closer to finding new ways to help people living with sight loss.
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