Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...

Gene editing technique developed in Switzerland shows promise in curing Stargardt disease, a rare genetic eye disease causing ...

Inherited retinal diseases are quickly becoming an important group of eye diseases tackled here. Read more at ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two new non-retinoid compounds have been identified as potential treatments for retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease causing blindness. These compounds ...

Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a group of monogenic disorders caused by mutations in more than 280 genes, and are characterized by progressive degeneration of photoreceptor cells in the retina.

Genetic eye diseases are now the main cause of blindness in working-age adults in developed nations. Read more at ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds, described in a study published January 14 th in the open-access ...

Axovia’s lead program AXV101 is an adeno-associated virus (AAV9)-based investigational gene therapy that aims to slow down or ...

Research shows 60% of missense mutations destabilize proteins, linking protein folding to genetic diseases, including ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...