Nanodiamonds in Contact Lens Deliver Glaucoma Drug Directly to Eye
June 3, 2014 | Terry Sharrer

Nanodiamonde
It’s curious that researchers in the UCLA School of Dentistry have made a finding that could dramatically change ophthalmology, but it must have something to do with “eye teeth.” In any case, UCLA bioengineers have shown that buckyball-shaped nanodiamonds, coated with the anti-glaucoma drug timolol maleate, imbedded into contact lenses, provide a stronger lens and a more measured release of the drug. Lysozyme-release of drugs from nanodiamonds in contact lenses raises several other possibilities too. Just for musing, the term “eye teeth,” referring to something that’s highly desirable, dates from Thomas Browne’s Nature’s Cabinet Unlock’d (1657). MORE
Image Credit: UCLA School of Dentistry