Eye health issues that are making the news - Spring 2023.
Gene could be targeted for dry eye therapy
Scientists have identified a gene linked to improved healing of the cornea in mouse models of dry eye disease (DED). The finding could lead to new treatments for the condition.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, US, identified differences in gene expression in the corneas of mice with DED compared with healthy and ageing mice, as well as those with a model of diabetes (Lin et al, 2023). In particular, they found that a gene called SPARC is activated in mice with DED.
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Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible sight loss in the UK and affects over one million people, which is predicted to rise by 100,000 cases to 1.145 million people by 2030*.
The College of Optometrists has published its first issue of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (OPO), its flagship international and interdisciplinary research journal for contemporary vision science and optometry, with its new publishing partner Springer Nature this month.