|
|
Article: Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy augments wound healing after trabeculectomy.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- August 11, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
2004 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy augments wound healing after trabeculectomy.
"Glaucoma is a common eye disease associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Lowering IOP is the only acceptable therapy for glaucoma and slows progression of the disease. Filtration surgery, which introduces a guarded ostomy through the sclera into the anterior chamber of the eye to allow the escape of aqueous humor, is the most reliable method for effective IOP lowering," scientists in the United States report.
"Success of this surgery is limited by scarring of the ostomy, so this procedure is often accompanied by the use ...