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Role identified for glaucoma gene and related signaling pathway: Researchers have found that a gene and a related signaling pathway play a role in the development of glaucoma, which is a common cause of visual impairment and blindness worldwide. The team was led by Alcon Research and included other investigators from the University of Iowa and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. UI researchers involved in the study included John Fingert, M.D., PhD., professor of ophthalmology, Val Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D., the Martin and Ruth Carver Chair in Genetics, professor of pediatrics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HMMI) investigator; and Edwin Stone, M.D., Ph.D., the Seamans-Hauser Chair of Molecular Ophthalmology, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and an HHMI investigator. (more...)
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