Research

An international team of researchers has published new insight on how genetic defects result in arrested development of the fovea

Trinity College Dublin scientists have discovered a gene that could be targeted in treatments for sight loss

Clinicians from Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL GOS Institute of Child Health are exploring the use of a new treatment in children with CLN2

Scientists have explored the potential of gene therapy to restore vision through experiments in mice

A UK project aims to investigate the role of genome sequencing in patients with undiagnosed rare diseases

US researchers have developed a computer platform that decides which viral vectors are best suited to delivering gene therapy to the retina

The first NIHR Moorfields Eye Charity partnership fellowship has been awarded to academic ophthalmologist, Dr Patrick Yu Wai Man

Scientists have shown that a form of gene therapy preserves vision in a mouse model of glaucoma

Researchers suggest the effect in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy patients could be due to transfer of the viral vector DNA from the injected eye

New research will involve applying CRISPR gene editing technology to mini retinas grown in the lab