A research study on genetic diagnostic testing found that many patients did not undergo testing due to the cost of genetic testing. In addition, other… Read More »Rates of diagnostic genetic testing linked to significant costs as a main reason to avoid testing.
A research group, based at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, has published a new… Read More »RP-1 associated with retinal dystrophies have been reported in an expanding mutational and clinical spectrum.
A collaborative research group with scientists working in Ireland, France, USA and Canada has reported the effects of single 7-day oral retinoid supplementation lasting “at… Read More »Proof-of-concept study for oral synthetic 9 cis-retinyl provides visual rescue for late-onset autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP)
A new bibliometric report on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of ophthalmology has clearly identified that retinal disease had the highest number of RCTs over a… Read More »Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in ophthalmology shows that retinal disease research leads with the highest number of studies
A new research study, published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, suggests that a dose of 0.004mg bevacizumab may be the lowest dose effective for retinopathy… Read More »Results of a dose-finding bevacizumab (Avastin) study for ROP may be effective for pre-term infants
A significant research report, published in the journal Nature, has demonstrated that fibroblast cells could be reprogrammed into rod photoreceptor-like cells allowing the reversal of… Read More »Reprogramming of fibroblast cells into photoreceptor cells restore vision, without the need of stem-cells or viral treatment.
The EMA (European Medicines Agency) has issued a formal statement following a comment from France’s Health Minister, Oliver Veran, suggesting that patients with COVID19 symptoms… Read More »EMA has advised that the use of ibuprofen for COVID19 treatment will be monitored.
Italian researchers at the Università degli Studi della Campania, Naples, have reported the results of the first study from a European cohort of pericentral RP… Read More »An Italian research team report on a pericentral retinitis pigmentosa study identifying several genetic variants
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Technion‐Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, have completed a clinical and genetic mapping of the majority of Israeli… Read More »An Israeli research consortium has reported the largest nationwide genetic analysis of inherited retinal disease
Researchers at the Department of Ophthalmology at Ghent University Hospital have reported that the identification of genetic variants from wet AMD patients do not provide… Read More »Non-responders of anti-VEFG treatments for AMD identify certain genetic variants in the VEGF pathway