News tagged with photoreceptors
Researchers elucidate cause of death of photoreceptor cells in retinitis pigmentosa
Research conducted at the Angiogenesis Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, has for the first time, identified the mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in an animal model of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Ophthalmology
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Retina transplantation improved by manipulating recipient retinal microenvironment
A research team in the United Kingdom has found that insulin-like growth factor (IGF1) impacts cell transplantation of photoreceptor precursors by manipulating the retinal recipient microenvironment, enabling better migration ...
Ophthalmology
Jul 11, 2012 |
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New advances in treating inherited retinal diseases highlighted in Human Gene Therapy
Gene therapy strategies to prevent and treat inherited diseases of the retina that can cause blindness have progressed rapidly. Positive results in animal models of human retinal disease continue to emerge, ...
Genetics
May 08, 2012 |
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Photoreceptor transplant restores vision in mice
Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes of visually impaired mice can restore their vision.
Medical research
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Scientists produce eye structures from human blood-derived stem cells
(Medical Xpress) -- For the first time, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent ...
Ophthalmology
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Gene therapy research cures retinitis pigmentosa in dogs
Members of a University of Pennsylvania research team have shown that they can prevent, or even reverse, a blinding retinal disease, X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs.
Genetics
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness
Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a new study published in Free Radical Biology an ...
Ophthalmology
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Ohio State researchers design a viral vector to treat a genetic form of blindness
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness ...
Ophthalmology
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Cell-specific mechanism-based gene therapy approach to treat retinitis pigmentosa
In a paper published in the October 2011 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center led by Stephen Tsang, MD, Ph.D have achieved temporary functional preservation of pho ...
Medical research
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Scientists unravel the cause of rare genetic disease: Goldman-Favre Syndrome explained
A new research report published in The FASEB Journal will help ophthalmologists and scientists better understand a rare genetic disease that causes increased susceptibility to blue light, night blindness, and decreased vision ...
Medical research
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Study demonstrates potential of new gene vector to broaden treatment of eye diseases
Inspired by earlier successes using gene therapy to correct an inherited type of blindness, investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, are poised to extend their ...
Medical research
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Why animals don't have infrared vision
On rare occasion, the light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the eye misfire and signal to the brain as if they have captured photons, when in reality they haven't. For years this phenomenon remained a mystery. Reporting in ...
Neuroscience
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Scientists make strides in vision research
New research at UC Santa Barbara is contributing to the basic biological understanding of how retinas develop. The study is part of the campus's expanding vision research.
Medical research
May 20, 2011 |
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Algae may be the solution to blindness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The song about three blind mice may just be a song of the past according to new research presented by neuroscientist Alan Horsager from the Institute of Genetic Medicine at the University of Southern California ...
Medical research
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Pig stem cell transplants: The key to future research into retina treatment
A team of American and Chinese scientists studying the role of stem cells in repairing damaged retina tissue have found that pigs represent an effective proxy species to research treatments for humans. The study, published ...
Medical research
Apr 13, 2011 |
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