We have two neurobiologists who are studying retinal ganglion cell and
optic nerve biology — and that's me and Andy Huberman — and we also have two optical imaging engineers with very different backgrounds — and that's Vivek Srinivasan and Alf Dubra.
«Our work could lead not only to a better understanding of the
biology of the
optic nerve, but also to a cell - based human model that could be used to discover drugs that stop or treat blinding conditions,» says study leader Donald Zack, M.D., Ph.D., the Guerrieri Family Professor of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.