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Horses and Humans Go Blind for Similar Reasons, So This Medicine Might Cure Both

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An eye-drop medicine to treat autoimmune uveitis, a leading cause of blindness in both horses and humans.

The disease amounts to 10% of new blindness and visual handicaps in the US every year ; affecting around 30,000 people.

If caught early, medicine can prevent the disease from causing loss of eyesight, but in more advanced cases, the damage is often irreversible.