Human cataract formation -- Contents -- Introduction -- Classification of human cataractous change by the American Cooperative Cataract Research Group method -- Discussion -- Epidemiological and other studies in the assessment of factors contributing to cataractogenesis -- Discussion -- Oxidation and cataract -- Discussion -- Metabolism and function of glutathione in the lens -- Discussion -- Cataracts and photochemical damage in the lens -- Discussion -- Diabetic and galactosaemic cataracts -- Discussion -- Calcium and the physiology of cataract -- Discussion -- General discussion Causes and mechanisms of human cataract formation -- Cytoskeletal proteins of the ageing human lens -- Discussion -- Interaction of crystallins with M. Vermorken, I. Dunia and E. L. Benedetti the cytoskeletal-plasma membrane complex of the bovine lens -- Discussion -- Crystallin genes: templates for lens transparency -- Discussion -- The crystallin gene families -- The molecular structures and interactions of bovine and human Y- crystallins -- Discussion -- The molecular basis of cataract formation -- Discussion -- The application of non-invasive techniques to the study of cataract development on the metabolic and the protein molecular level -- Discussion -- Final general discussion Sequence of events in cataract formation -- Strategies for future research on the human lens -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.