Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are advancing the fight against inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) with new genetic research that aims to improve diagnoses and lay the groundwork for future ...

Among the forms of monogenic macular degeneration, the most common is Stargardt disease. This disease is caused by mutations in the ATP-binding cassette transporter alpha 4 subunit (ABCA4) gene, ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. and THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) and Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. ("Capsida") today announced an expanded strategic collaboration to ...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's Casey Eye Institute and Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute published findings from a two-year Phase I clinical trial in the journal ...

MeiraGTx Holdings plc (NASDAQ:MGTX) stock is trading higher after the company inked a strategic collaboration in the area of ophthalmology with Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY). MeiraGTx will grant Lilly ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds were identified using a virtual screening approach. Two new compounds ...

Dec 1 ( Reuters) ‌- ‌Belite Bio said on ⁠Monday ‌that its experimental ‍drug for a rare genetic eye ‌disease met the main goal in a ⁠late- stage study. (Reporting by ‍Padmanabhan ⁠Ananthan in ...

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 ...