A team of researchers from Indiana University (IU) have reportedly created a virtual tissue model of diabetic eye disease by combining data on optometry patients' eyes with advanced computational methods.
The research team — which included scientists from IU's School of Optometry and the Biocomplexity Institute in the IU School of Informatics and Computing — put together a model that precisely shows how a small protein that can both damage or grow blood vessels in the eye causes vision loss and blindness in people with diabetes. Additionally, the team was able to use their virtual retina model to predict where damage from diabetic edema would occur next by calculating rates and patterns of cascading vascular damage, ultimately leading to improved treatment of diabetic retinopathy.
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Source: Indiana University