The phrase "trabecular meshwork" refers to a delicate network of tiny tissues located inside the eye. It acts like a drain, allowing fluid to flow out of the eye. Full definition
Still other researchers are working with RPB grants to promote optic nerve regeneration, to study changes in trabecular meshwork gene expression about a decade before risk of the disease starts going up, and to determine if abnormal blood flow is an important factor in causing glaucomatous optic nerve damage. (rpbusa.org)
Project: Nanoengineered In Vitro Trabecular Meshwork ™ Model for Systematic Investigation of Aqueous Humor Outflow Resistance (glaucoma.org)
The authors say that it's possible that the new trabecular meshwork cells generated from the stem cell treatment could eventually succumb to the same mechanisms that caused the fluid buildup in the first place, but further research is needed in that area. (thescienceexplorer.com)