Biological laboratory

In one research focus, the scientists are looking for new treatment methods for corneal inflammation caused by infectious pathogens. Due to the multi-resistant germs, antibiotics often no longer work, so one has to hope for innovative and new alternative therapies.

In the Biological Laboratory of the Homburg Eye Clinic, researchers are experimenting with light-sensitive dyes that are excited at certain wavelengths to generate free radicals that are toxic to the pathogen but not to the body's own cells.

As part of the Homburger Keratokonuscenters HKC, the pathophysiology of keratoconus is researrched in a large project . The causes of keratoconus have not yet been clarified. However, numerous pathological changes in the cells of the cornea could be detected at the molecular and cell-biological level. The team of the biological laboratory research the connection between an inflammatory component and oxidative stress, which can lead to pathological changes in cell functions.