SUNY Downstate Receives Research Grant to Study Blindness Prevention

Research to Prevent Blindness has awarded SUNY Downstate a four-year, $220,000 grant to study the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases, according to a news release.

In the past five years, the university has been awarded $6.2 million in eye research funding from various sources. Researchers include Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD, professor and chair of ophthalmology; William J. Brunken, PhD, professor of cell biology and ophthalmology and director of ophthalmic research; and John Danias, MD, PhD, professor of cell biology and ophthalmology. The team will research the role of the extracellular matrix in retinal development and disease and new treatment options for glaucoma.

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