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Eye Drops Could Clear Up Cataracts Using Newly Identified Chemical

Compound Restores Transparency to Mouse Lenses, Human Lens Tissue
November 5, 2015
Cataracts Lens
Basic Research
Grantee

A chemical that could potentially be used in eye drops to reverse cataracts, the leading cause of blindness, has been identified by a team of scientists from UC San Francisco (UCSF), the University of Michigan (U-M), and Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). Reported November 5 in Science, the newly identified compound is the first that is soluble enough to potentially form the basis of a practical eye-drop medication for cataracts.

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