This book covers a wide range of topics concerning human tear based science starting from
basics such as the normal composition of tears and moving up to novel disease detection
platforms. The entire approach is pioneering as tears are beginning to be recognized as the
most invaluable non-invasive tool in diagnostics. Interestingly the concept is not restricted
to ocular diseases: In recent years tear diagnostics is increasingly being tapped even for
cancer detection. Hopefully non-invasive tear diagnostics will eventually replace today's
invasive disease detection and monitoring techniques. Previous literature on tear diagnostics
has been restricted to scientific journal articles most of which dealt with a single tear
constituent such as a protein. This book offers a far more comprehensive and handy 'reference
guide ' presenting both basic and advanced information and data. Accordingly it will be useful
for researchers in academia and the pharmaceutical industry as well as healthcare
professionals and diagnostic kit developers.
