Comparative Ophthalmology Support

Dr. Kristina Narfstrom , the MU Kraeuchi Professor in Veterinary Ophthalmology, has made significant strides in identifying some of the genetic causes of blindness. Her microsurgery techniques that add missing proteins to genetically defective eyes in dogs have already restored partial vision. The next step is to refine the process for even more progress and to make the techniques available to human medicine ophthalmologists.

Dr. Narfstrom has achieved success in dogs with a type of eye problem that is the cause of 20 percent of all blindness in children. Her work may lead to thousands of kids waking up from surgery in a new world of vision and color.

While significant progress has been made, additional financial resources will speed the research.

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