Primary Recipient

ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

Amount

$267,238.00

Award Date

5/26/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Accommodation is a main function of the lens. During dynamic focusing, the shape of the lens is changed. The accommodative ability of the lens decreases throughout life, such that it becomes a noticeable problem by around the age of 40. It is proposed tha