![An illustration of a DNA strand](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-08/Gene%20therapy%20shows%20promise%20for%20glaucoma%20740%20%C3%97%20444px.png)
Researchers have developed a gene therapy that has lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in animal models, suggesting that glaucoma can be readily treated with gene therapy–based methods, paving the way for deployment in clinical trials.
![Professor Jamie Craig](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-08/Prof%20Jamie%20Craig%20740%20x%20444.png)
In a world first, ophthalmology experts at Flinders University will determine the effectiveness and suitability of using SLT as an early intervention to prevent the onset of visual loss from glaucoma.
![Close up of an Emergency Department sign at a large hospital](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/Emergency%20Dept%20740x444.png)
In the late 90's I was admitted to the emergency department at a major hospital in Melbourne with a severe headache to the right side of my head and severe pain in my right eye. The pain was so excruciating that my right eyeball felt like it was going to explode.
![A person walking on a beach leaving footsteps in the sand.](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/Walking%20740x444.png)
I am only a few months into my journey and where that leads I have no idea...but to walk in the steps of those before me gives me hope and warmth in my heart.
!['You Are Not Alone' painted in big capital letters on a brick wall.](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-12/You%27re%20not%20alone%20740x444.png)
I was 25 when I was diagnosed with glaucoma. I urge anyone who is my age or younger to reach out and not to give up the fight, anything can happen and you are not alone in any of this.
![UNSW research team with remodelled Fundus camera for glaucoma detection and monitoring (from left to right: Aline Knab, Xiaohu Xu, Dr. Abbas Habibalahi, Prof. Ewa Goldys, Abhilash Goud Marupally)](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/UNSW%20research%20team%20with%20remodelled%20Fundus%20camera%20for%20glaucoma%20detection%20and%20monitoring%20740%20x%20444.png)
Glaucoma detection and monitoring have reached new horizons with the pioneering application of hyperspectral imaging of cellular autofluorescence.
![A close up of an eye drop about to be instilled into a man's eye.](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/Richard%27s%20Story.png)
I also have to put in lubricating eye drops about five times daily to counter the negative effects of the prescription drops.
![Macquarie ophthalmology researchers Dr Nitin Chitranshi and Professor Stuart Graham working in a lab](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/Macquarie%20ophthalmology%20researchers%20first%20to%20find%20link%20between%20neuroserpin%20and%20glaucoma.png)
Macquarie University ophthalmology researchers have discovered a link between the protein neuroserpin and glaucoma and developed a technique for a gene therapy that could help treat the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness.
![A row of street lamps at night with a halo of light around the nearest lamp](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/Ken%27s%20Story_0.png)
I was diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma in 1993, when I began to see auras around streetlamps.