Research

Researchers at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine, has reported an experimental treatment using a CRISPR/Cas9 adenine base editing… Read More »Autosomal-recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) – a mutation (E150K) of rhodopsin may provide a CRISPR treatment with functional and structural rescue.

A team of Korean researchers have published a study using an AI-model of optical coherence tomography (OCT) image data to predict AMD treatment outcomes following… Read More »Korean research team provide an Artificial intelligence (AI) tool for predicting the treatment response of nAMD based on OCT biomarkers.

Researchers at the Department of Ophthalmology, and the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, New York, have reported a study using induced pluripotent stem… Read More »A novel induced pluripotent stem cell model shows a mechanistic defect and potential therapy for AMD and related macular dystrophies.

Researchers at the Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA have reported a genetic association between UBAP1L variants and retinal… Read More »A novel IRD candidate gene, UBAP1L,  provides a loss-of-function causing macular, cone and cone-rod dystrophy.

Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, have reported a new study indicating that RPE curvature may provide a promising quantitative outer… Read More »A new research study on RPE curvature may provides a promising quantitative biomarker for late AMD.

Researchers at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK, have reported a study on CNG3A-associated achromatopsia (ACMH),… Read More »CNGA3-associated ACHM displays stable foveal cone structure over time, presenting an attractive therapeutic opportunity for treatment.

Sept. 19th, 2024 –  On the first day of the EURETINA Congress in Barcelona, Prof. Anat Loewenstein, President of EURETINA was delighted to announce the… Read More »EURETINA announce the inaugural Ramin Tadayoni Award for Dr. Andrea Govetto, MD, PhD, based in Milan, Italy.

Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London and the Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, has reported… Read More »Variants on the TMEM216 gene suggests an under-reporting from certain ancestry cohorts on non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Researchers at the Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School, have reported that the interface of photoreceptors and RPE in Stargardt… Read More »Analysis of data from AO-SLO images on Stargardt disease patients show clear profiles of hyper-reflective bands, potentially targeted for pharmaceutical treatment.

In a recent study published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications (2024 Jul 21;15[1]:6150), researchers have reported that an upstream regulator, “AKT2” (a member of… Read More »Researchers identify that lysosomal biogenesis and mitochondrial signalling may suggest new therapeutic targets for dry-AMD.