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Vitamin B1 may be effective treatment for common cause of blindness |
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According to a discovery, vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world`s leading causes of blindness.
As per the scientists, uveitis, an inflammation of the tissue located just below the outer surface of the eyeball, produces blindness globally. The inflammation is normally treated with antibiotics or steroid eye drops.
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) offered some prominent results, which they achieved with benfotiamene, a fat-soluble form of vitamin B1. Scientists first injected lab mice with bacterial toxins that ordinarily produce a reaction mimicking uveitis. When those rats are fed benfotiamene, they fail to develop any signs of the inflammatory disorder.
One of the researchers said, "Benfotiamene strongly suppresses this eye-damaging condition and the biochemical markers we associate with it."
He added, "We`re optimistic that this simple supplementation with vitamin B1 has great potential as a new therapy for this widespread eye disease."
The study said that low cost and rapid absorption of Benfotiamene by the body and lack of negative side effects make it an ideal candidate for uveitis prevention.
(Posted on : 25/04/2009)
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