AUGUSTA, Ga., May 4 -- Augusta University issued the following news release:
Two major advances in ocular health research - a newly awarded grant and a published database - have recently come out of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, paving the way for significant improvements in patient diagnosis and treatment.
The nearly $1.5 million NIH R01 grant is the most recent of the two. It was awarded to husband and wife co-principal investigators Ashok Sharma, PhD, and Shruti Sharma, PhD, with Amy Estes, MD, and Vishal Jhanji, MD serving as co-investigators. This funding will allow them to study the mechanisms of dry eye disease (DED), aiming to provide more specialized treatments for those who suffer from the condition.
The...