Research
News and features covering the latest research developments in optometry and optics
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An international team of researchers has published new insight on how genetic defects result in arrested development of the fovea
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Trinity College Dublin scientists have discovered a gene that could be targeted in treatments for sight loss
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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
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Scientists have explored the potential of gene therapy to restore vision through experiments in mice
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A UK project aims to investigate the role of genome sequencing in patients with undiagnosed rare diseases
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US researchers have developed a computer platform that decides which viral vectors are best suited to delivering gene therapy to the retina
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The first NIHR Moorfields Eye Charity partnership fellowship has been awarded to academic ophthalmologist, Dr Patrick Yu Wai Man
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Scientists have shown that a form of gene therapy preserves vision in a mouse model of glaucoma
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Researchers suggest the effect in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy patients could be due to transfer of the viral vector DNA from the injected eye
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New research will involve applying CRISPR gene editing technology to mini retinas grown in the lab