Treating Eye Diseases with Anti-VEGF Therapies May Have Side Effects
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
A new Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) article reveals that increasingly aggressive therapies that block VEGF could cause damage in treating eye diseases. Scientists discovered inhibiting anti-VEGF might have a harmful effect on the tissue responsible for producing the fluid that bathes the eye, medically termed the ciliary body.