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 ...
FDA authorization under an IND permits first-in-human phase I/II testing of SVT-001 in familial drusen, focusing on safety ...
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Dr Sunir Garg reflects on the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in Orlando and expresses excitement on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect, treat, and transform the ...
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a retina-mimicking eye phantom that faithfully replicates the structural layers and microvascular network of the human ...
Every last Sunday of September marks World Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and accelerating efforts to find a cure for this rare, inherited retinal disease ...
A one-time treatment with Luxturna, the first US Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapy for an inherited disorder, will cost $425,000 per eye. A one-time treatment with Luxturna, the first ...
Kato Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the FDA has approved the company’s investigational new drug (IND) application to conduct human ...
"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.
In a genetic association study, investigators integrated data from genome-wide association studies of various disorders with retinal transcriptomic data. Findings revealed that the polygenic risk of ...
Human eyes, like a fingerprint, are unique. They can say so much without saying a word. They can communicate our needs, desires, fears, and so much more. Our eyes can reveal a lot about us as ...