Rockville, Md. -- The proceedings from the second annual ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics Research Institute conference, "Aqueous Humor Outflow: What Do We Know? Where Will It Lead Us?" were published today in ...

Sleeping without pillows may help lower high internal eye pressure, the build-up of which causes optic nerve damage and ...

RUDN University doctors have proposed an alternative method of surgical management of glaucoma. The main risk factor of glaucoma is increased pressure in the eye. To reduce it doctors proposed to ...

An elevation of the intra-ocular pressure is causative, but it is unclear what the underlying mechanism is that results in the reduction of drainage in the aqueous humor. Narrow-angle glaucoma results ...

Background Intraocular pressure (IOP) exhibits significant fluctuations in response to changes in body posture. Postural modification may serve as a potential adjunctive strategy for IOP management in ...

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness. According to statistics from the Hospital Authority, in Hong Kong, three out of every 100 individuals aged over 40 suffer from ...

Here, researchers used AAV to deliver instructions to produce the enzyme matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), which helps to kickstart the outflow of aqueous humor from the eye. The researchers started ...

WELLESLEY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qlaris Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company targeting high unmet needs in debilitating ophthalmic diseases, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in the ...