New Method Gives Glaucoma Researchers Control Over Eye Pressure

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February 24, 2020

Devices Glaucoma Optic Nerve Disorders

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Neuroscientists at the University of South Florida have become the first to definitively prove pressure in the eye is sufficient to cause and explain glaucoma. They come to this conclusion following the development of a method that permits continuous regulation of pressure without damaging the eye. The study found that raising pressure of an otherwise healthy eye resulted in patterns of retina and optic nerve damage like that seen in human glaucoma.