Research Updates

Nerve regeneration focuses on ways to regrow nerves. Neuroprotection is preventing the death of nerve cells. Both goals must be developed before vision loss due to glaucoma can be stopped or reversed.

What causes vision loss in glaucoma? First is elevated ocular pressure, and second is damage to the optic nerve, which is the structure that sends visual information to the brain.

Stanford researchers, funded in part by the National Eye Institute and the Glaucoma Research Foundation, make discovery that may help glaucoma patients who have lost vision.

Members of our Scientific Advisory Board talk about the success of the Catalyst for a Cure collaborative research model.

Stem cells are undifferentiated cells which have the potential to develop into many different types of specialized tissues.

There are millions of people in the United States who have increased pressure in their eyes (intraocular pressure) without glaucoma. Often this condition is referred to as ocular hypertension.

The Catalyst for a Cure (CFC) Biomarker Initiative brings together four research laboratories to find new and sensitive measures for glaucoma.

Researchers have made great progress in understanding the process of optic nerve degeneration and regeneration in glaucoma.