Dear EURETINA Members, A very warm welcome to the April 14th, 2025 edition of EURETINA’s web-based digital periodical, “EURETINA Brief”. EURETINA are delighted to continue… Read More »April 14th, 2025 “EURETINA-Brief”© Issue No. 314
Researchers at the Department of Genetics, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, have reported a novel gene-agnostic strategy treating retinitis pigmentosa (RP),… Read More »Novel research on a gene-agnostic strategy to treat RP aims to improve cone cell survival and extend vision.
Clinical researchers at the Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de la Vision, Paris, have reported multiple pathogenic variants in the RP1L1 gene, associated with autosomal dominant,… Read More »Clinical analysis of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics on retinitis pigmentosa-1-like-1 (RP1L1) show associated retinopathy.
Atsena Therapeutics, based in Durham, North Carolina, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for ATSN-201, for… Read More »Atsena Therapeutics has announced the grant of U.S. FDA Fast Track Designation for ATSN-201 gene therapy for the treatment of X-linked retinoschisis.
“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).
