Drugs that can prevent "myopia (nearsightedness)" that many people are plagued appear or appeared to identify causative genes

ScientistsMyopia (nearsightedness)It succeeded in solving the genetic code involved in the disease, and it became clear that it will be expected to lead to the development of drugs (such as eye drops and drinking medicines) that prevent the progression of myopia by administering it to children in the near future .

Myopia is the most common eye disease in the world and it seems that most people currently using contact lenses and eyeglasses are using it for myopic correction, but "contact lenses are past, glasses are pure Enjoy as fashion as "the era will come.

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Symptoms of myopia often appear in children. Which cause factors such as lifestyle and acquired factors such as lifestyle and genetics occupy varies from person to person, but especially in terrible myopia people, 80% is said to be due to genetic factors.

Nature GeneticsTwo separate studies published in the magazine, often seen in people with myopiaDNAVariations were discovered.Kings College LondonDr. Chris HammondChromosome 15(Part 15Chromosome) Discovered that one of the sections in myopia was seen more often, in RotterdamErasmus MCDr. Caroline Klaver of Erasmus University Hospital also found that another section on chromosome 15 was also found to be associated with myopia.

The difference between the DNAs between this myopic person and those who are not myopic is that the light which the eye gains by controlling eyeball growthretinaIt is thought that it influences the function of three genes that guarantee that it is converted into an electric signal at In other words, it seems that the eyeballs are "overgrown" because they are not working well in children who are becoming myopic, so if you can control the growth of the eyeballs at this stage, you can prevent myopia progression.

Dr. Hammond says "I hope to find a route that can be blocked with eye drops or tablets and stop the growth of the eyeballs without disrupting the development of the brain and other processes of the body" It is said that adults' nearsightedness whose eyeballs have already grown up is harder to treat than children.

Especially strong myopia is that 80% comes from genetic factors, but not all children with myopic genes will be myopia. In a study conducted by a scientist at the University of Sydney in 2008, an investigation of the myopic rate of Chinese children living in Singapore and Sydney examined that 29% in Singapore was myopia, whereas in Sydney it was only 3% is. This can not be explained in genetics, it is suggested that children living in Sydney can explain by having a long time spent in outside natural light and by having many opportunities to see distant objects.