BLOOM (TAMPA) – Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a rare genetic eye disorder that causes the retina’s cells to break down over time, leading to progressive vision loss—often starting with difficulty ...

Stargardt programs address ABCA4 payload constraints via dual-AAV platforms (VG801, AAVB-039) and explore first ...

Emotional and social support for patients with retinitis pigmentosa could reduce the incidence of depressive disorder in this demographic. RP is a rare disorder affecting between 1 in 3000 and 1 in ...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with night blindness in youth and progresses to tunnel vision as ...

Researchers use single-cell analysis to show how transplanted neural stem cells interact with the retina to preserve vision in retinitis pigmentosa.

BLOOM (TAMPA) – In a recent episode of the global health and wellness show Bloom, Gayle Guyardo interviewed Dr. Oleg Alekseev, MD, PhD, a renowned Retina Specialist at Duke Eye Center. Dr. Alekseev ...

A mother-of-four who had two major eye surgeries to fix her vision has told of how she then learned she would go blind due to ...

Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of these forms of ...

Steven Pittler, Ph.D., at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has sought to find modifier genes for the hereditary eye disorder retinitis pigmentosa type 59. After onset in one’s late teens, RP59 ...

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Ocugen says it is on track to reshape the market for gene therapies against eye disorders over the next three years, by working to bring to market three treatments for blindness-related diseases, two ...