08:57 PM Thursday, August 03, 2023
Glaucoma is an eye disease that threatens people with age. Its seriousness lies in the possibility that the optic nerve may be exposed to fibrosis, which leads to loss of vision.
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In this regard, researchers were able to find a way to protect glaucoma patients from blindness, after studying the genes that lead to the development of glaucoma to the loss of vision.
The study researchers discovered 185 previously unknown genes that may be associated with vision loss in patients with glaucoma.
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The study of genes helped the research team to find for the first time a relationship between the risk of developing glaucoma and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.
The researchers explained that this discovery will help to devise medicines that can be given to patients with glaucoma to prevent damage to the retina, according to Russia Today.
After announcing the results of this study, published in Nature Genetics, the total number of genes discovered so far is 312.
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