SINGAPORE: Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with a type of glaucoma which is a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people.
Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) affects 15 million people worldwide, 80 per cent of whom live in Asia.
The discovery, published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature Genetics, on Aug 26, was conducted by scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)/Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), National University of Singapore (NUS), National University Hospital’s Department of Ophthalmology and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Full story
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