Dear EURETINA Members, A very warm welcome to the March 3rd, 2025 edition of EURETINA’s web-based digital periodical, “EURETINA Brief”. EURETINA are delighted to continue… Read More »March 3rd, 2025 “EURETINA-Brief”© Issue No. 311
Researchers at the Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK, have reported results from a study on differentiated retinal organoids derived from Stargardt disease patients (STGD1). The… Read More »New research on retinal organoids provide valuable insights on genotype and phenotype correlations in Stargardt disease (STGD1).
Evidence presented in the journal The Lancet (Lancet 2025; 405: 648–57) have reported substantial benefits with improved visual acuity and functional vision following a treatment… Read More »Evidence of rescue of vision with gene supplementation for young patients diagnosed with variants in AIPL1-LCA4.
The outcomes of an experimental treatment of “LUMEVOQ” (GS010; lenadogene nolparvovec), for ND4-LHON patients, were presented this month by GenSight Biologics (Euronext: SIGHT, ISIN: FR0013183985,… Read More »Final efficacy and safety results for the conclusion of a Phase III trial with LUMEVOQ (GS010; lenadogene nolparvovec) reports visual acuity improvement for ND4-LHON patients.
“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).
