Dear EURETINA Members, A very warm welcome to the May 12th, 2025 edition of EURETINA’s web-based digital periodical, “EURETINA Brief”. EURETINA are delighted to continue… Read More »May 12th, 2025 “EURETINA-Brief”© Issue No. 316
Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,… Read More »New study on a genome-wide association of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), varicose veins and glaucoma identifies a missense variant in PTPRB gene.
Clinical researchers at the Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision and the Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, have reported PCARE-associated retinopathy… Read More »Natural history of PCARE-associated retinopathy highlights genetics, clinical characteristics and time-to-event curves for development of atrophy.
Opus Genetics Inc., (NASDAQ: IRD), based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced the one-year summary results from adult patients treated in an ongoing Phase 1/2… Read More »Opus Genetics Inc., has announced 12-month summary results for OPGx-LCA5 – an experimental gene therapy treatment of LCA5 retinal disease.
“The Language of Medicine” (13th edition, Elsevier), by Davi-Ellen Chabner, presents a new edition of a medical textbook designed to allow students to learn medical… Read More »Book Review: The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition, by Davi-Ellen Chabner, ISBN # 9780443107795 (Elsevier)
Kanski’s Clinical Ophthalmology – A Systematic Approach, 10th edition, by John F. Salmon (Elsevier) The 10th edition of Kanski’s Clinical Ophthalmology is a comprehensive… Read More »Kanski’s Clinical Ophthalmology – A Systematic Approach, 10th edition, by John F. Salmon (Elsevier)
According to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the term of “low vision” is not defined in UK legislation however, the UK Low Vision Services Consensus… Read More »Book Review of Low Vision-Principles and Management, 1st edition (Elsevier); by Christine Dickinson, Ana Hernandez Trillo and Michael Crossland
Researchers based at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, at the University of Edinburgh, and the Western General Hospital (Edinburgh), have reported a new study indicating… Read More »X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) due to RPGR variants report new data on actin dynamics.
The expansion on the field of genetics and genomics is reflective to the changes of the average 6.4 years between each of the nine editions… Read More »Book Review of Thompson & Thompson’s Genetics and Genomics in Medicine, 9th edition (Elsevier).
