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.

The Gonzales Lab at UNR Med, led by Albert Gonzales, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology and cell biology, spearheaded ...

Ocular inflammation and vision-threatening adverse events to cancer therapies can be mitigated once researchers understand their mechanisms.

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of oxygen and nutrients, killing the cardiomyocytes there. This leads to a ...

Introduction The eye's macula is impacted by macular degeneration, a neurodegenerative condition. Macular degeneration will cause loss of centr ...

Emerging strategies, such as logic-gated and dual-targeting CAR-T cells, offer practical solutions to overcome these hurdles. Furthermore, we explore the combination of CAR-T cell therapy with immune ...

Stuart Therapeutics completed a Phase 3 trial for ST-100, a treatment for dry eye disease, involving a randomized, ...

Renowned journalist, Kofi Adomah Nwanwani is receiving urgent medical treatment in Dubai to restore sight in one of his eyes. This follows an accidental shooting incident at a funeral in Dormaa in ...

"We found that it functions in maintaining homeostasis in the tissue, keeping an eye on whether stem cells are proliferating ... would stave off cancer. "A therapy could target the inflammasome ...

By integrating these advancements with the resources of the Casey Eye Institute Retinal Stem Cell Center, they are poised to accelerate the development of transformative treatments for retinal ...

Like CAR-T cell therapy, in which immune cells called T cells are harvested from the patient and genetically modified to attack cancer cells, this new approach engineers a different type of immune ...

This study provides strong evidence of the substantial therapeutic benefits of CAR T cells for treating solid cancers in the CNS, and highlights the potential of intracranial cell therapy for trea ...