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Florida Atlantic Scientists land NEI grant for tissue engineering approach

April 3, 2020

The Kantorow Laboratory and research program have been continually funded by the NIH’s National Eye Institute for almost two decades.
Rods and cones: Photoreceptors in a human retina

Researchers Find That Nicotinamide May Help Treat Fibrotic Eye Diseases and Mitigate Vision

April 2, 2020

Nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, can inhibit aggressive cell transformations during wound healing and may be key to the development of therapies to treat fibrotic eye diseases that impair vision.
Wendy Bollag and Mitch Watsky

Lipid helps heal the eye’s frontline protection

March 27, 2020

A species of a lipid that naturally helps skin injuries heal appears to also aid repair of common corneal injuries, even when other conditions, like diabetes, make healing difficult, scientists report.
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Last updated: July 30, 2019