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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nanoscope has scored a phase 2 win for its gene therapy using light-sensitive molecules to treat retinal disease, keeping alive the hope of a first treatment to improve vision in these patients. The ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

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 ...

The three-year clinical trial results of the retinal implant popularly known as the "bionic eye," have proven the long-term efficacy, safety and reliability of the device that restores vision in those ...

Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision begins to deteriorate in ...

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 ...

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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