The latest research in Japan that purple light can inhibit myopia

A new study in Japan believes that purple light can inhibit myopia, taking into account the general lack of indoor purple light, the discovery or help to develop new methods of prevention and treatment of myopia. Researchers at Japan's Keio University and other institutions in the new issue of the international academic journal "EBioMedicine" reported that the current global population of myopia continues to increase, some studies have pointed out that the outdoor environment helps to inhibit myopia, but the specific mechanism of action is not clear. Researchers at the school's medical department have noticed that violet light, with wavelengths between 360 and 400 nanometers, is excellent in outdoor conditions and rarely indoors. Researchers using chickens for animal experiments found that if myopic chickens living in purple light environment, the inhibition of myopia in vivo gene expression of EGR1 will enhance the extent of increase in the length of the chick axial length smaller, that myopia symptoms control. In addition, in clinical studies, researchers compared the situation of wearing different glasses and found that the use of contact lenses that can transmit purple light, compared with those who use non-purple light-contact lenses, Suppressed. The team said modern people often live in conditions that lack purple light, which may be related to an increase in global myopia, due to a lack of purple light for day-to-day lighting and purple light, which often does not pass through regular glasses and glass. This discovery helps to invent new ways to prevent and treat myopia and control the growth of the global myopia population.