University of Oklahoma Health: Human Study Links Reduced Inflammation to Later Myopia Onset
July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 23 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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Human Study Links Reduced Inflammation to Later Myopia Onset
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine researcher Jody Summers, Ph.D., has long hypothesized that inflammation plays a role in the development of myopia, or nearsightedness, in which close-up vision is clear but distance vision is blurry. Her laboratory experiments have been convincing . . .
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Human Study Links Reduced Inflammation to Later Myopia Onset
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine researcher Jody Summers, Ph.D., has long hypothesized that inflammation plays a role in the development of myopia, or nearsightedness, in which close-up vision is clear but distance vision is blurry. Her laboratory experiments have been convincing . . .