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The week of July 20-24, 2014 brought the International Society for Eye Research (ISER) biennial meeting to U.S. shores. In San Francisco, ISER 2014 drew 800 scientists from 37 countries to hear about the latest in vision research.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and other techniques are improving our ability to look deep inside the eye. Thanks to National Glaucoma Research funding, BrightFocus researchers are among those who have advanced new imaging methods, taking them from experimental stages to their new threshold, where they wait to become standard as clinical tools.
After years spent researching a protein linked to inherited forms of glaucoma, Raquel Lieberman, PhD, and her team at Georgia Tech have provided a three-dimensional view of that protein and a better understanding of what can happen when it becomes misshapen through genetic miscoding.
Download the fall 2013 issue of our glaucoma newsletter to learn about an FDA-approved glaucoma drug called Simbrinza™ Suspension, strategies for everyday life with glaucoma, and much more.
Download the winter 2014 issue of our glaucoma newsletter to learn about a recently discovered common genetic marker for elevated intraocular pressure, risks associated with certain glaucoma drugs, and much more.
Download the summer 2014 issue of our glaucoma newsletter to learn about a set of molecules that could block myocilin accumulation, drug-delivering contact lenses for glaucoma patients, and much more.