Researchers from the University of Surrey and the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered compounds from a group of plants that could be used to treat the causes of degenerative eye diseases. The findings of the research could help treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and more blinding eye conditions. Diabetic retinopathy happens when high blood sugar levels harm the back of the eye, resulting in blindness.

"It goes without saying that losing your eyesight is a devastating experience,” said Professor Dulcie Mulholland, Head of Department of Chemistry at the University of Surrey. “We believe that our results hint at possible future treatments for many degenerative eye conditions and it appears that nature still has many secrets to reveal."

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“Nature could provide the answer for blindness caused by diabetes, say experts”