Kanagawa – mechentel news – The finding of the study from N. Kanemaki et al. seems to identify SRBD1 as a common susceptibility gene for glaucoma in humans and dogs. Glaucoma is a degenerative optic neuropathy that is associated with elevated intraocular pressure. Primary open angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma in […]

Kiel – mechentel news – Lasers Surg. Med. publishs in the issue of september the results of the study from S. Koinzer et al. concerning a classification of retinal lesions from rabbits, that is based on optical coherence tomographic (OCT) findings, temperature data, and OCT-follow-up data over 3 months. Therefor 486 photocoagulation lesions in rabbits […]

Paris – mechentel news – The goal of the study by L. Kowalczuk et al. from Laboratory of Applied Optics, ENSTA ParisTech, Paris, France, is to highlight structural corneal changes in a model of type 2 diabetes, using in vivo corneal confocal microscopy (CCM). The scientists observed Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats at age 12 weeks (n […]

Nara – mechentel news – A. Dota et al. from the Ophthalmic Research and Development Center, Santen Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan, reported in the issue of january fro Clin. Ophthalmol. that Gefarnate may be effective for treating dry eye. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gefarnate on mucin-like […]