Francina
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Francina Agosti

BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research grant recipient Jennifer Fan Gaskin, MBChB, MD, FRANZCO (far right) with her research team in the lab. Photo courtesy Jennifer Fan Gaskin.

Protecting Vision: A New Approach to Scar-Free Healing From Glaucoma Surgery

BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research-funded scientist Jennifer Fan Gaskin, PhD, is exploring safer, more effective treatments to prevent scarring after glaucoma filtration surgery, also known as trabeculectomy.
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How Some Eye Cells Survive Glaucoma

BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research-funded scientist Mengya Zhao, PhD, uses a unique combination of techniques to understand why certain retinal cells stay strong in glaucoma while others don’t.

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A Key Model to Study Cellular Functions to Better Treat Glaucoma

BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research-funded scientist Samuel Herberg, PhD, is using a 3D model of the fluid drainage tissue that could improve our ability to understand and treat glaucoma.
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