Retinoblastoma
Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery for Retinal Diseases
Published in Oncology Business Week, August 30th, 2009
A new drug delivery system that uses a tiny silicone cup filled with any drug and sealed to the outer surface (episclera) of the eyeball may offer a more effective method for the sustained delivery of medicines for retinal and vitreous diseases, according to a new report by A. Linn Murphree, M.D, director of the Retinoblastoma Program in The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Murphree is also Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and attending physician at the Doheny Eye Institute.
In his invited presentation, made July 30th, 2009 at the Association for Research in Vision and...
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