4 Topic Commentaries

Therapeutic Focus: <em>Drop</em>ping Some Knowledge

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  Laura Ensign, Ph.D.

  Ophthalmology

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  Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  So, eye drops often have to be applied multiple times per day to be effective.

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  Chantal Cousineau-Krieger, M.D.

  Ophthalmology

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  National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Formulations with preservatives reduce the risk of bacterial growth and potential infection.

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  Maria I. Avrutsky, PhD

  Vision science research

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  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  We think the eye drops improve the health of blood vessels in the retina,

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  Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.

  Ophthalmology

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  National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

  This is the first study to recruit large numbers of African Americans to examine the benefit of pressure-lowering eye drops

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