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Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery
Two surgeons performing an operation

Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery

A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell after contracting a Covid-19 infection.

Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight
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Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight

Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine through UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital, with the support of MeiraGTx.

First treatment for rare sight-threatening infection approved in Europe
Close up of a brown eye

First treatment for rare sight-threatening infection approved in Europe

The European Commission has approved AKANTIOR®, the first treatment for acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare sight-threatening eye infection, after 15 years of research supported by UCL.

New building Oriel

Project Oriel

Creating a new world-class centre for advancing eye health

Oriel is the joint partnership between the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Eye Charity. It will harness the expertise of all partners to enable world-class care, education and research.

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