Ophthalmologist Turns Science Fiction Into Science Fact

Father-of-four Terry Byland was just 37 years old and was falling for his wife-to-be Sue when he began having problems seeing at night. His vision worsened and he started bumping into things.

Soon after their wedding, Terry went to see doctors to seek help and received a devastating diagnosis. They told him he had a degenerative eye disease for which there was no treatment or cure. Seven years later, Terry lost his vision completely.

For many years, Terry worked hard to adjust to living without sight and had accepted he would never see again. Then, one day, he learned an ophthalmologist, Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD had co-invented a device that might one day help people who have been blinded by his condition regain some sense of sight.

Terry inquired with Dr. Humayun about participating in a clinical trial to test the device. It would be his first step in helping to make possible something that could change not only his life but also those of thousands of people around the world affected by his condition and future generations to come.