Defective Lens Protein Implicated in Cataract Shown Culprit in Presbyopia

Loss or defects of a protein previously shown to play a key a role in cataract, the clouding of the lens that commonly strikes people in their seventies, has now been shown to contribute to presbyopia, the forty-something phenomenon when reading a menu by candlelight and threading a needle become newfound challenges.

Source: News from NEI - August 4, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jason Source Type: news