After a long day at work, Jamie Smith expected to have a normal night at home with her two sons. But when she noticed her youngest son’s eyes shaking, she knew something was wrong. At 4 months old, ...
Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...
Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...
A new study from the University of Oklahoma suggests that small genetic differences in two proteins—previously known for their role in premature infants' lungs—may also influence how their eyes ...
Share on Pinterest An experimental CRISPR-based gene editing treatment significantly improved vision outcomes in subjects with a rare eye disorder. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Researchers from ...
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 ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared GenEditBio Limited’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to ...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are advancing the fight against inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) with new genetic research that aims to improve diagnoses and lay the ...
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's Casey Eye Institute and Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute published findings from a two-year Phase I clinical trial in the journal ...