New potential treatment for inherited blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa
Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...
Rare genetic eye conditions not so rare after all: SNEC study
Inherited retinal diseases are quickly becoming an important group of eye diseases tackled here. Read more at ...
Ziapin2 effectively restores retinal function in preclinical models of retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and ...
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Potential New Retinitis Pigmentosa Candidates Found in Compounds That Stabilize Rhodopsin Structure
Two compounds prolonged the survival of photoreceptors in a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model for rod opsin misfolding ...
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Gene therapy restores vision in a canine model of childhood blindness
Figure 1: RPE65 immunocytochemistry in canine RPE cells and retinal sections. For expression studies, we divided the eyecup of the right eye of BR29 into temporal-superior, temporal-inferior ...
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Early-stage trial finds stem cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is safe
A team of UC Davis Health researchers has shown that CD34 + stem cells can be safely administered into retinitis pigmentosa ... Because RP genetics are so complex, correcting the root cause ...
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FDA grants rare pediatric disease designation for retinitis pigmentosa gene therapy candidate VG901 from ViGeneron
VG901 received FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation, potentially qualifying for a priority review voucher upon marketing ...
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Ocugen announces positive 2-year safety and efficacy update of Phase 1/2 OCU400 for treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
OCU400 demonstrated meaningful improvement of 2-line gain (10 letters on ETDRS chart) in low-luminance visual acuity (LLVA) ...