Nicotine therapeutic benefits: Difference between revisions
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='''Eyes - Ocular'''= | ='''Eyes - Ocular - Vision'''= | ||
==Myopia (short-sighted)== | ==Myopia (short-sighted, near-sighted)== | ||
===2024 | ===2024 [https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2800816 Administration of Nicotine Can Inhibit Myopic Growth in Animal Models]=== | ||
*Nicotine, administered as an intravitreal injection or topical eye drop, significantly inhibits the development of experimental myopia. | *Nicotine, administered as an intravitreal injection or topical eye drop, significantly inhibits the development of experimental myopia. | ||
**Citation: Thomson K, Karouta C, Ashby R. Administration of Nicotine Can Inhibit Myopic Growth in Animal Models. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Sep 3;65(11):29. doi: 10.1167/iovs.65.11.29. PMID: 39292451; PMCID: PMC11412605. | |||
***Acknowledgement: Funded by ANU Connect Ventures through a Discovery Translation Fund grant (Project ID: DTF311). | |||
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