Research Articles

View some of the latest research and breakthroughs articles for corneal dystrophy.

Dry Eye

Yuri McKee, MD

What we typically call “Dry Eyes” is really more accurately described as “Dysfunctional Tear Film”. People with this condition may have no symptoms at all or may experience a variety of conditions which may give us irritated, dry ...

Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD)

Sue Plaster

Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD), is the most common of the corneal dystrophies. It is also known as Map-Dot-Fingerprint Dystrophy and Anterior Basement Membrane Dystrophy (ABMD), .Since it was first ...

Fuchs’ Dystrophy Genetic Findings from the FECD Study

Natalie Afshari, Professor and Chief of Cornea UC San Diego

We have great news.Please see below the publication in Journal Nature Communications that just came out today. Links to the Article in Nature Communications, and the News release links from University of California San Diego as ...

New Therapies on the Horizon for Corneal Endothelial Regeneration

David Eveleth, PhD, Trefoil Therapeutics, and William Stewart, MD, PRN PharmaFarm.

The need for an effective pharmaceutical therapy for treating corneal dystrophy is well recognized by cornea specialists, with 98% saying in a recent survey that they would use such a drug on patients suffering from Fuchs dystrophy. ...
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