15 Dec 2010
S'pore scientists find two glaucoma - linked genes
Today
Scientests here have discovered two genes from the collagen family that show a strong link with central corneal thickness (CCT), a risk factor of glaucoma.
The discovery means that researchers “may one day be able to predict who is at risk of this major eye disease in Singapore”.
Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
The study, by scientists from agencies including the Genome Institute of Singapore and the Singapore Eye Research Institute, is the largest genome-wide association study done on CCT. It looked at the data of more than 5,000 people from 2004 to 2009.