Natural compound stops retinopathy

Compound restores balance in eye with one treatment; affects macular degeneration and cancer too

		IMAGE: Dr. Timothy Lyons, left, director of the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center, stands with Dr. Jay Ma, principal investigator on the project and director of research for the diabetes center. Click here for more information.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online this month in the journal Diabetes, a publication of the American Diabetes Association.