The imminent threat of a terrorist attack in the United States involving chemical agents has created new challenges for homeland security (https://www.ninds.nih.gov/current-research/trans-agency-activities/counteract-program). In research aimed to counteract the ocular damage caused by chemical injury, the principal investigator Royce Mohan and co-investigator Paola Bargagna-Mohan have developed innovative insights into how corneal Schwann cells help to restore […]

Ephraim Trakhtenberg and his team at UConn showed that a protein called nuclear factor erythroid 3 (Nfe3) can stimulate regrowth of optic nerve cells. “This opens a whole new novel realm of research. It could help glaucoma and other types of nerve damage,” according to Trakhtenberg.   A team of researchers in the lab of […]