Eye Drops Show Promise in Treating Cataracts without SurgeryEmma StoyeChemistry World
Cloudy or opaque cataracts on thelens of the eye are generally caused by adenaturing of crystallins, the major lensprotein.4In cataracts, less light reachesthe retina, impairing vision and decreasingquality of life. Three subtypes, definedby clinical appearance and location, arenuclear, cortical, ...
Excessive inflammation caused by abnormal recognition of host tissue as foreign, or prolongation of the inflammatory process, may lead to inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, asthma, atherosclerosis, cataracts, reperfusion injury, cancer, post-infectious syndromes such as in infectious meningitis, and ...
The administration of TGF-β can help promote healing of the atrophied retinal pigment epithelium in a controlled fashion, which is designed to limit excessive fibroproliferation that may occur without such treatment. "Secondary cataracts" are opacities in the ocular lens which interfere with vision...
The article offers tips on how to deal with the challenges behind treating the manifestations of white cataracts. It suggests staining the anterior capsule with trypan blue while performing capsulorrhexis in white cataract eyes. It notes that surgeons can...
In some embodiments, the disease, disorder or condition is Wrinkling; Baldness; Presbyopia; Cataracts; Hearing loss; Hypertension; Memory loss. Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, is a method of healing a wound, comprising contacting the wound with a pharmaceutical composition comprising about ...
In turn, this repetitive process increases the potential for side effects such as retinal detachment, endophthalmitis, and cataracts. Maurice, D. M. (1983), Micropharmaceutics of the eye, Ocular Inflammation Ther. 1:97-102; Olsen, T. W. et al. (1995), Human scleral permeability: effects ...
The disclosure generally describes methods of preventing or treating ophthalmic diseases or conditions in a mammalian subject, such as diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, retinitis pig
and cataracts. Restrictive dermopathy, on the other hand, is commonly associated with skin and joint contracture, abnormal skull mineralization, and pulmonary defects. Laminopathic neurological disorders, or laminopathies with peripheral nerve involvement, also are suitable for treatment by the inventive...
The following groups: PBS, HA4/8 and AB.G11 (anti-TWEAK mAb) were additionally treated on days 2, 6, and 9 post surgery and the sTGF-βR-Ig group on days 1, 3, 6 and 8. On day 10 post surgery, the left ligated kidney was removed and halved transversely through the center of...