Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Cataract surgery involves the removal of the eye’s lens and, in most circumstances, the replacement of the lens with a synthetic lens. The eye’s lens is usually clear, but as a result of a cataract, the lens becomes hazy, affecting vision over time. Vitreous prolapse is described as the vitreous moving into the […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most generic subtype of irreversible blindness. Primary open-angle glaucoma primarily affects the people of African heritage. Among Europeans, the prevalence of POAG is approximately 1%, whereas, in African-Americans, this value ranges between 4-5%. Additionally, individuals of African ancestry experience an […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA The incurable eye disease Glaucoma leads to partial or total vision loss in approximately 80 million people. Therefore, it was extremely crucial to find a way around this complicated disease; the relation between metabolic disturbance in the nerve cells in the retina and high intraocular pressure. Moreover, in animal models, […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata Scientists cured lost eyesight in mice by genetically reprogramming the neurons that make up the optic nerve. They used the mice eye as a model tissue to show that the ectopic expression of genes like Oct4, Sox2, and Klf4 (OSK) in mouse retinal ganglion cells can help in restoring vision […]
