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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes is a common disease with many detrimental effects — and vision loss due to retinopathy is only one of them. Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of vision loss in many communities. However, researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute believe they have found a cure for retinopathy, by creating “Sticky-traps”.
Retinopathy is the result of abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes. When these malformed vessels burst, there is a corresponding degradation of the retina, which is termed retinopathy. There can be many factors leading to growth of abnormal blood vessels, including diabetes, hypertension, and premature birth.
Researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto have engineered a compound they refer to as a Sticky-trap, which will inhibit the growth of these malformed blood vessels (referred to as anti-angiogenesis). This will prevent their bursting and, consequently, deter retinal damage.
http://thevarsity.ca/2014/06/04/preventing-diabetic-vision-loss-with-sticky-traps/
Sounds promising, but not keen on the idea of an injection in the eye every two months! 🙂
Retinopathy is the result of abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes. When these malformed vessels burst, there is a corresponding degradation of the retina, which is termed retinopathy. There can be many factors leading to growth of abnormal blood vessels, including diabetes, hypertension, and premature birth.
Researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto have engineered a compound they refer to as a Sticky-trap, which will inhibit the growth of these malformed blood vessels (referred to as anti-angiogenesis). This will prevent their bursting and, consequently, deter retinal damage.
http://thevarsity.ca/2014/06/04/preventing-diabetic-vision-loss-with-sticky-traps/
Sounds promising, but not keen on the idea of an injection in the eye every two months! 🙂
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