Understanding, Predicting, Preventing and Treating the highly heritable, common eye diseases Glaucoma and Myopia to reduce Blindness and Visual Impairment

了解、预测、预防和治疗高度遗传的常见眼病青光眼和近视，以减少失明和视力障碍

• 批准号: nhmrc : GNT1154518
• 负责人: Prof David Mackey
• 金额: $ 58.53万
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Practitioner Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/understanding-predicting-preventing-visual-impairment/1349144
• 关键词: Understanding; Predicting; Preventing; Treating; highly

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness and is inherited. Myopia is a risk factor for glaucoma, with rates rising. My research aims to discover new genes responsible for glaucoma and myopia. This will help identify novel drugs to treat these diseases and help develop family-screening strategies to find undiagnosed cases of glaucoma before it affects sight. This will allow early intervention. In addition, I will assess new technologies to aid those already visually impaired.

青光眼是导致失明的第二大原因，并且是遗传性的。近视是青光眼的一个危险因素，而且发病率还在上升。我的研究旨在发现导致青光眼和近视的新基因。这将有助于确定治疗这些疾病的新药，并有助于制定家庭筛查策略，在青光眼影响视力之前发现未确诊的青光眼病例。这将有助于早期干预。此外，我将评估新技术，以帮助那些已经视力受损。