News 2012

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Saudi Arabia’s Largest University Begin Collaboration

April 17, 2012

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and King Saud University’s department of ophthalmology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, are partnering in a new venture to significantly enhance ophthalmic education, clinical services and research activities for students at both universities.

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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Makes Breakthrough in Fight Against Glaucoma

April 04, 2012

A six-year collaboration between two faculty members of the Miller School’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute has yielded new insight regarding the regulation of intraocular pressure in glaucoma—an irreversible disease that causes progressive visual impairment due to optic nerve damage and is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.

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