New glaucoma test to help prevent blindness

(Flinders University) Researchers have identified 107 genes that increase a person's risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, and now developed a genetic test to detect those at risk of going blind from it. The research, led by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Flinders University in Australia, has been published today in the international Nature Genetics journal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news