New UAB clinical trial explores an innovative method to slow nearsightedness in children.
Safal Khanal will use the grant to lead a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of a new myopia treatment option.
The clinical trial aims to evaluate if the daily use of amber contact lenses can slow the progression of myopia in children, says Khanal.
Weise, Gawne and Norton bring decades of experience in myopia research to this project, and their expertise will be invaluable, he says.
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