{"id":5288,"date":"2025-12-08T08:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:20:13","slug":"research-in-motion-gordon-laurie-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/research-in-motion-gordon-laurie-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in Motion: Gordon Laurie, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>There are no effective treatments for many chronic diseases. One approach is an unbiased screen. We did this to address the most common eye disease and discovered a new protein that we named Lacritin. We have now successfully taken Lacritin into a large clinical trial, with two more underway.\u00a0 \u2014 Gordon Laurie, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gordon Laurie, PhD, How the Discovery of New Protein Lacritin Could Treat Eye Disease and Diabetes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k5rTeN1wwYo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>To watch more\u00a0<em>Research in Motion<\/em>\u00a0videos in this series:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/research-in-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Medicine Research in Motion webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sign-up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mc8yhqj3g8f7wd1f41c7htsmk8by.pub.sfmc-content.com\/kiwh2kkjyuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekly newsletter\u00a0<em>Medicine in Motion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@UVASchoolofMedicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOM\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Originally posted in Medicine in Motion News <strong>December 3, 2025 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/author\/daf4avirginia-edu\/\">daf4a@virginia.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/research\/research-in-motion-gordon-laurie-phd\/?j=4361033&amp;sfmc_sub=191645089&amp;l=35_HTML&amp;u=66539573&amp;mid=100026982&amp;jb=1008\">Research in Motion: Gordon Laurie, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are no effective treatments for many chronic diseases. 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