Glaucoma is a term that refers to a group of eye diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve. This nerve damage can lead to vision loss and blindness. Since glaucoma is asymptomatic in its early ...

Bhargavee Gnana, third-year medical student at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, created a new learning lab to help provide students with early hands-on experience with microinvasive glaucoma ...

Glaucoma gradually robs patients of their peripheral vision, often without warning. Increased pressure (IOP) within the eye damages healthy retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and the optic nerve, leading ...

The microscopic findings supported a clinical diagnosis of glaucoma with corneal edema. Glaucoma is defined as “a series of pathological conditions with clinical manifestations varying with the ...

Glaucoma is a blinding disease caused by damage to the optic nerve, leading to permanent vision loss. The main risk factor is ...

In the human eye, a space called the anterior chamber sits in between the cornea, which is a clear layer in the front of the eye, and the iris, the part of the eye that's colored. Fluid can normally ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that successfully treated rats for blindness caused by glaucoma. They previously determined that animals with glaucoma increase production of neurotrophins ...

In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at preventing the disease, a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Medical ...

In the October issue of Lab Animal (Vol. 35, No.9), we published an article, “What's Your Diagnosis? Exophthalmos and corneal edema in a young ferret,” in which we diagnosed an 8-week-old ferret with ...