New tool helps scientists 'see' molecular signals of eye disease before symptoms arise
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:20
in Health & Medicine
Forget what you know about how diseases are diagnosed - new research published in the May 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) details a noninvasive ground-breaking tool that detects signs of disease at early molecular stages before symptoms can be seen using traditional methods. Even better, this tool promises to detect some eye diseases so early that they may be reversed before any permanent damage can occur. Its use may well extend to other areas of the body in the future, and this tool may also give physicians a more precise way of evaluating the effectiveness of therapies...