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Treatment not always needed to prevent vision loss in patients with elevated eye pressure

April 15, 2021

More than 20 years after the launch of a landmark clinical trial, follow-up examinations and analyses found that not all patients with elevated eye pressure need pressure-lowering treatment to prevent vision loss from glaucoma.
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Citicoline protects against glaucoma without reducing fluid pressure in eye

April 14, 2021

A new study showed that ingesting the compound citicoline restored optic nerve (neural) signals between the brain and eye to near-normal levels in the study rats.

Gene therapy shows promise in treating rare eye disease in mice

April 13, 2021

A gene therapy protects eye cells in mice with a rare disorder that causes vision loss, especially when used in combination with other gene therapies, shows a study published in eLife.

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