New technology advances understanding of eye pressure and glaucoma

by Joey Garcia, University of South Florida

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Add as preferred source Credit: Joey Garcia and courtesy of Christopher Passaglia For millions of people at risk of glaucoma, healthy eye pressure can mean the difference between preserving vision and losing it. Yet despite decades of research, scientists still do not fully understand what regulates daily changes in eye pressure or how those fluctuations may contribute to glaucoma. A series of three studies led by Christopher Passaglia, a University of South Florida professor and associate chair in the Department of Medical Engineering, is helping fill in those gaps.