How is cell biology saving our senses?

From the WHO’s Vision 2020 initiative through to ground-breaking cell biology research, what are the latest efforts to save our senses as populations age? As life expectancies have risen, particularly dramatically over the last century, and humans have begun to live longer, the effect of aging on our senses has become more and more apparent. By the year 2000, the primary cause of blindness in Western Europe had shifted from cataracts and ocular complications caused by diabetes, prevalent in the 1950s, to age-related conditions [1]. In addition, over 5% of the world’s population (466million) currently has disabling hearing loss [2]....