Researchers at Flinders University in South Australia have found that a new genetic test for glaucoma could detect 15 times more individuals at increased risk of the disease than a current genetic test.
The findings are from a study conducted as part of a long-term partnership between Flinders University, the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, and other global partners to detect genetic risk factors for glaucoma.
In the cross-sectional study of monogenic and polygenic variants related to the disease, the new genetic test was evaluated in 2,507 glaucoma patients in Australia and 411,337 people with or without glaucoma in the UK.
