![Close up image of an eye scan](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/The%20Future%20of%20Glaucoma%20Detection%20and%20Monitoring%20Part%203%20740x444px.jpg)
Dr Dinesh Kumar and other inventors of a new rapid screening test for glaucoma that could help advance early detection of the disease are planning clinical trials starting sometime this year...
![Imaging of woman having eye scan in laboratory](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/The%20future%20of%20glaucoma%20detection%20and%20monitoring%20Part%201%20740x444px.jpg)
Recognising the limitations of current glaucoma screening techniques, including timeliness and cost effectiveness, researchers have seized on the opportunity to target these shortcomings...
![Image of Margery](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/Margery%27s%20Story%20740x744px.jpg)
Two of my sisters developed glaucoma and like me, managed their sight with eye drops to lower the pressure. One of my daughters has now also developed the beginning of glaucoma...
![Image of a human eye with an overlay of computer graphics](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/Australian%20Science%20-%20At%20the%20Forefront%20of%20Glaucoma%20Research%20740x444px.jpg)
With funding from Glaucoma Australia and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), researchers from Flinders University are conducting a prospective study to validate a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) for glaucoma.
![Image of Beryl Ford](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/Beryl%20-%20Snap%20sights%20to%20shift%20glaucoma%20out%20of%20the%20picture%20740x444px.jpg)
“I didn’t know anything about glaucoma, or anyone with glaucoma. There was a loneliness and an isolation I felt when I first got diagnosed..."
![Image of double helix](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-02/New%20Test%20for%20Early-stage%20Glaucoma%20Set%20to%20Roll%20Out%20740x444px.jpg)
An innovative test developed by a world-leading research team has the potential to improve the management and early treatment of glaucoma patients and those at risk of glaucoma.
![Aileen](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-08/Aileen%20740x444.png)
![Optometrist Greeshma Patel with a patient](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/COVID%20Lockdowns%20on%20Primary%20Eye%20Care%20740x444px%20.jpg)
![Image of Tony Bourke](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-02/Tony%20Glaucoma%20Story%20%20740x444px.jpg)
At 41, Tony Bourke realised his eyesight was deteriorating, and despite being aware of his family history of glaucoma, he was in disbelief at the diagnosis...