The EU supports scientists, researchers and innovators in pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Discover some of the groundbreaking work in sectors such as ophthalmology.
Project examples
Researchers have been unlocking the secrets of the human eye, helping create cutting-edge digital models to raise the quality of eye surgery. Important advances have included applying mathematical precision to the eye’s biological and physiological workings in an EU-supported research work. In the 2010s, this initiative developed the world’s first mathematical model of eye lens growth throughout a person’s lifetime, proving valuable for guiding cataract surgery.