Kinostat® Could Be Man’s Best Friend
Professor Peter F. Kador has developed topical Kinostat® to ameliorate the development and progression of cataracts in dogs with diabetes mellitus.
Peter F. Kador received a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the Ohio State University and after a 25-year career at the National Institutes of Health retired as the Chief of the Laboratory of Ocular Therapeutics from the National Eye Institute. Prior to becoming Professor Emeritus, he served for 18 years as a professor at the College of Pharmacy and adjunct professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, His work has been recognized with numerous national and international awards that include the Rhoto Cataract Research Award, Alcon Research Institute Award, Kinoshita Lectureship, Ernst H. Bárány Prize, UNMC Distinguished Scientist Award, Capital University Alumni Award, the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy Jack Beal Postbaccalaureate Alumni Achievement Award, and the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) from the German Government. He is a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Association of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and an overseas fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the American Health Council in Ophthalmology.