Lens Regeneration After Mature Galactose Cataract Formation 1

Summary

Following the development of mature cataracts in the lenses of rats, one group of rats was placed on a normal diet and a control group continued on the galactose diet. New healthy lens fibers were formed around a dense opaque nucleus in the lenses of rats on the normal diet. Those that were continued on a galactose diet had lenses that were completely opaque. The implication of this observation for further experimental studies and for the interpretation of the etiology of cataractogenesis is discussed.