Glaucoma is one of the major causes of blindness and has effected more than 60 million people worldwide, and is expected to reach 80 million by the year 2020. It has been shown, that new sequencing approaches could better help understand how the condition develops. The most common form of glaucoma, which is primary open-angle glaucoma, has been shown to have mutations on the mitochondria. Researchers from Liverpool, are hoping the new sequencing technique, called massively parallel sequencing, will help give insight into how to better prevent the disease. With this technique they hope to give more personalized medicines that will target the mutated mitochondria. Colin Willoughby states "Further studies on larger glaucoma numbers of patients are required to firmly establish the link between genetic defects in the mitochondrial genome and glaucoma development." Glaucoma can be a very serious condition, and if not treated properly there are serious consequences, so in my opinion, I think it's a good thing that they are doing more research into the cause of glaucoma and looking for more ways to prevent it.
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This is interesting to me on a personal level because I have a family history of glaucoma. Hopefully I will never have to deal with having it myself, but if I do there may be better treatment options thanks to research like this!
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