You might recall that an approach to reversing presbyopia by breaking a type of cross-link in the lens of the eye is in the fairly late stages of development. Cross-links stiffen the lens, making it hard to focus properly because the muscles of the eye are no longer able to produce enough force to obtain the desired result. The founders of a new company, Lento Bio, plan to do much the same thing for a different set of cross-link targets in the lens, those based on advanced glycation end-products, with the hope of improving upon the promising results already obtained via thi…
Lento Bio Aims to Reverse Tissue Stiffening in the Lens of the Eye
You might recall that an approach to reversing presbyopia by breaking a type of cross-link in the lens of the eye is in the fairly late stages of development. Cross-links stiffen the lens, making it hard to focus properly because the muscles of the eye are no longer able to produce enough force to obtain the desired result. The founders of a new company, Lento Bio, plan to do much the same thing for a different set of cross-link targets in the lens, those based on advanced glycation end-products, with the hope of improving upon the promising results already obtained via thi…