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ARTICLE | Distillery Therapeutics

Therapeutics: Crystallin α A (CRYAA; HSPB4); lanosterol synthase (LSS)

August 13, 2015 7:00 AM UTC

In vitro and dog studies suggest the steroid precursor lanosterol could help treat cataracts caused by aggregation of CRYAA and other crystallin proteins in lens fibers. In human lens progenitor cells...