Adhikari, Yadav
Parekh, Mohit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5186-068X
Deshpande, Neha
Miall, Annie
Cheung, Queenie
Price, Marianne O.
Price, Francis W.
Losick, Vicki P.
Jurkunas, Ula V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5059-608X
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NIH/NEI R01EY020581)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM124691)
Article History
Received: 2 April 2026
Revised: 13 July 2026
Accepted: 30 July 2026
First Online: 8 August 2026
Ethics
Competing interests: The authors declare no other competing interests. Certain aspects of the research presented in this manuscript are associated with a filed U.S. patent application 63/878,534 filed on September 9th, 2025, to USPTO. This patent application relates to inhibiting polyploidy as a novel strategy to treat or prevent Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. For further inquiries regarding the patent application or its relation to the manuscript, please contact ula_jurkunas@meei.harvard.edu.