Dr. Kang Zhang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and an RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Awardee at the University of Utah, John A. Moran Eye Center uses a state-of-the-art genetic analyzer to accelerate the discovery of genes involved in blinding eye diseases.

Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy Reversed

Two leading causes of blindness can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells. The discovery is an example of basic science research yielding a discovery with direct clinical applications.

Discovery Opens Path for Drugs to Treat, Prevent Devastating Eye Diseases

SALT LAKE CITY –Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness—age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy—can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine and several other institutions have announced in a new study.   More...

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