Could probiotics for dry eyes help treat symptoms?

• Researchers have identified a probiotic bacterial strain that helped improve dry eye via a mouse model.
• About 12% of the global population has dry eye, a condition in which the eyes are unable to self-lubricate sufficiently.
• There is no cure for dry eye disease, but the new study presents a pathway for future treatments.

Dry eye is a common condition where the eyes do not make enough tears to keep them properly lubricated, causing discomfort.

In fact, almost 12% of the entire world’s…