Past Issues: Ophthalmic disease

October 2009

Distillery: Therapeutics

Glaucoma; ocular hypertension

LIM domain kinase 2 (LIMK2)

Published online Oct. 29 2009; doi:10.1038/scibx.2009.1579

In vitro and mouse studies identified inhibitors of LIMK2 that could help treat ocular hypertension.

Distillery: Therapeutics

BH3-like motif containing cell death inducer (BLID)

Published online Oct. 8 2009; doi:10.1038/scibx.2009.1482

Genomewide association studies identified a SNP near the BLID gene that could help predict susceptibility to myopia.