Those with a rare genetic condition called nanophthalmos have abnormally small eyes whose internal structures – including the size of the lens – are otherwise normal.

The condition can cause a host of vision-related problems including amblyopia (“lazy eye”) or strabismus (“cross eyes”) in children, retinal detachments and glaucoma.

By advancing ideas first cultivated at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, a team of eye and genetics experts is the first to identify a gene mutation behind nanophthalmos and to describe a new pathway for eye growth and development.

For more on this story, visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/genetic-origin-of-severe-developmental-eye-condition-identified

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