UH Scientist Working Toward A Glaucoma Cure Controlling Eye Pressure is Key

UH Scientist Working Toward A Glaucoma Cure Controlling Eye Pressure is Key

HOUSTON, June 19 – UH College of Optometry biomedical engineer Vijaykrishna Raghunathan has received $765,000 from the National Institutes of Health to examine an understudied part of glaucoma – the ebb and flow of aqueous humor, the liquid in the eye whose regulation controls eye pressure. His work could lead to a pharmaceutical cure for the irreversible disease. The most common form of glaucoma, called open-angle glaucoma, is typically associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) […]