Manuel B Datiles,
National Institutes of Health
USA
Biography
Manuel B Datiles currently diagnoses eye patients as part of clinical trials and research studies at NIH, including an ongoing study of ocular graft-versus-host disease in recipient of adult stem cell transplants. His long-term research focuses on cataract development and clinical trials involving anti-cataract drugs. He also collaborates with NEI lens researchers to study the genetic causes of cataracts, and with Johns Hopkins University researchers to study the aggregation of lens proteins, which may lead to cataract development. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific manuscripts and textbook chapters. He has also served as an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for major ophthalmology journals, including Archives of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology and Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
Research Interest
Research focuses on cataract development and clinical trials involving anti-cataract drugs