tA probiotic bacterial strain may help with dry eye, a study in mice suggests. Image credit: Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images. About 12% of the global population has dry eye, a condition in which the eyes are unable to self-lubricate sufficiently. There is currently no cure for dry eye disease. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,...
by American Society for Microbiology In a study by a research group at Baylor College of Medicine, oral administration of a commercially available probiotic bacterial strain was found to improve dry eye disease in an animal model. The findings were presented at ASM Microbe 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Dry eye, a...
Lori Youmshajekian June 09, 2023 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first waterless cyclosporine-based solution for treating the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, according to manufacturer Novaliq GmbH. The treatment, Vevye, (topical cyclosporine ophthalmic solution, also formerly known as CyclASol) 0.1%, is a calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppressant. The water-free and nonpreserved solution contains cyclosporine 0.1%, as well as perfluorobutylpentane...
Nicole DeFeudis Editor Bausch + Lomb and Novaliq secured an approval for their dry eye disease drop on Thursday, to be marketed as Miebo. The drug, also known as perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution or previously NOV03, targets tear evaporation, a leading cause of dry eye disease. Bausch + Lomb CEO Brent Saunders expects the drug to...
by Washington University School of Medicine Studying mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that proteins made by stem cells to help regenerate the cornea may become new targets for treating and preventing injuries to the cornea related to dry eye disease. When eyes are dry, the cornea is...
Headaches may increase the risk for dry eye disease (DED), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online Oct. 19 in the Annals of Medicine. Shuyi Liu, from Dalian Medical University in China, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature search to identify studies evaluating whether headache is associated with the risk for DED. Based on...
by Juntendo University The results show that the diagnostic results from DryEyeRhythm have good internal consistency, are positively-correlated with their clinical-based counterparts, and demonstrate higher discriminant validity. Credit: Juntendo University Early diagnosis and timely treatment are extremely important to manage dry eye disease (DED), a common condition exacerbated by the increased use of digital devices....
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IMAGE: VIVIEN COULSON-THOMAS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF OPTOMETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, IS EXPLORING THE USE OF HYALURONAN AS A PREVENTIVE OF DRY EYE DISEASE. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON As you read this are your eyes burning, itchy, tired, dry or red? If so, you may be one of...
The University of Manchester, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Link Biologics Limited this week announced that promising preclinical data on the treatment of Dry Eye Disease using a novel protein biological drug, Link_TSG6, have been published in the peer-reviewed journal, Ocular Surface. Dry Eye Disease (DED) is the most common ocular surface disorder,...
by Texas Tech University A team led by Hironmoy Das, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy recently completed a clinical trial using corneal epithelial stem cells to improve outcomes for DED patients. Credit: TTUHSC Several studies conducted over the last decade have concluded that dry eye disease (DED) affects up to 50%...
