University of Alberta Scientists First to Pinpoint a Cause of Pigmentary Glaucoma (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta Scientists First to Pinpoint a Cause of Pigmentary Glaucoma

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(From left) Researchers Ted Allison, Tim Footz and Gavin Neil in Allison's zebrafish lab at the University of Alberta. The trio worked with medical geneticist Michael Walter to discover a gene that causes a type of glaucoma that strikes young males.

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Jordan Carson

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