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When you read this, are your eyes burning, itching, tired, dry, or red? If so, you could be one of 21 million people with dry eye
Unfortunately, treatment options for DED are limited
The lab of Vivien Coulson-Thomas, an associate professor of optometry at the University of Houston's School of Optometry, found that an additional cellular matrix, or ECM (a network of proteins and other molecules), surrounds and supports the membranous glands, rich in hyaluronic acid (HA), a molecule
Coulson-Thomas received a $1.
She believes this is possible, and the findings suggest that increasing the expression of HA in and around MG can maintain viable progenitor cells, thereby preventing age-related MGD
Coulson-Thomas also intends to find out if hyaluronic acid entering the eyelids can be used to prevent dry eye disease, which would be explosive news
This type of treatment requires repeated HA management, similar to BOTOX therapy
The team will also look at how hyaluronic acid prevents MG atrophy, the first to study the role of the extracellular matrix in meibomian glands