Genetics
New gene therapy method improves vision in mice with congenital blindness
Mice born blind have shown significant improvement in vision after undergoing a new gene therapy developed by a team of Japanese scientists.
Feb 7, 2020
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News tagged with retinitis pigmentosa
Genetics
Discovery in monkeys could lead to treatment for blindness-causing syndrome
A genetic mutation that leads to a rare, but devastating blindness-causing syndrome has been discovered in monkeys for the first time. The finding offers a promising way to develop gene and cell therapies that could treat ...
Oct 25, 2019
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Ophthalmology
The blind and visually impaired can help researchers by getting their genes tested
Blind and partially sighted people no longer have to wait passively for a research breakthrough in hope of treatment options. In fact, people living with genetic eye conditions can now actively drive vision research forward ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Augmented reality glasses may help people with low vision better navigate their environment
Nearly one in 30 Americans over the age of 40 experience low vision—significant visual impairment that can't be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, medication or surgery.
Aug 26, 2019
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Medical research
Optic nerve stimulation to aid the blind
Scientists from EPFL in Switzerland and Scuola Superiore Sant"Anna in Italy are developing technology for the blind that bypasses the eyeball entirely and sends messages to the brain. They do this by stimulating the optic ...
Aug 15, 2019
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Medical research
Disruption of glucose transport to rods and cones shown to cause vision loss in retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a common hereditary eye disorder that leads to the gradual deterioration of rod cells causing reduced peripheral vision and night vision. Subsequent loss of cone photoreceptors cause the loss ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Prosthetics for retinal stimulation
In a study recently published in Advanced Biomedical Engineering, researchers at Okayama University report a thin photoelectric film which can stimulate degenerated retinal tissues of the eye.
Jul 29, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, mouse study shows
A new study shows that the complement system, part of the innate immune system, plays a protective role to slow retinal degeneration in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease. This surprising discovery ...
Jun 17, 2019
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Neuroscience
Retinal prion disease study redefines role for brain cells
National Institutes of Health scientists studying the progression of inherited and infectious eye diseases that can cause blindness have found that microglia, a type of nervous system cell suspected to cause retinal damage, ...
Mar 27, 2019
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Neuroscience
Therapy could improve and prolong sight in those suffering vision loss
Millions of Americans are progressively losing their sight as cells in their eyes deteriorate, but a new therapy developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, could help prolong useful vision and delay ...
Mar 13, 2019
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