Tufts University Researchers Identify Mechanism Involved in Causing Cataracts in Mice

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January 12, 2015

Aging Cataracts Lens Nutrition & Lifestyle

Basic Research

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A team of scientists has established that a breakdown in communication between two biochemical pathways in the eye is involved in causing cataracts. The new information could help researchers develop pharmaceutical and dietary approaches to delaying the onset of cataracts. Scientists from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University led the study in mice and their results are published in the January 12-16 Online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.