![A Somali patient has his eyes tested before receiving a free cataract surgery at Al Nuur eye Hospital in Mogadishu, on February 16, 2015. More than 800 patients annualy receive free cataract surgery at Al Nuur Eye Hospital as part of a drive to improve the eyesight of members of poorer communities. AFP PHOTO/Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BXICJ5NEZW5H2Y5INDQ6NWO3MI.jpg?smart=true&auth=2cac34fa02ce1ccecb54b2d9566396a6c84a08d5ef7f67198916dee86ccfc153&width=400&height=225)
A Somali patient has his eyes tested before receiving a free cataract surgery at Al Nuur eye Hospital in Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP
A Somali patient has his eyes tested before receiving a free cataract surgery at Al Nuur eye Hospital in Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP
Could a UAE plant hold the key to developing a low-cost blindness treatment?
NYUAD graduate Yumi Gambrill spent a year working to identify a chemical with anti-cataract properties found in a plant called Cleome rupicola