Inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) isn’t one disease. It’s many different ones that cause your retina to break down and stop working. They can make you color-blind or night blind. Others can lead to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The loss of UBAP1L gene function appears to be associated with nonsyndromic retinal dystrophy, according to ...

Andy, who has retinal dystrophy, initially had avoidance anxiety and "wouldn't cross a road, wouldn't take the kids to school ...

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their colleagues have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OcuSciences, Inc., a medical device company developing retinal imagers to detect early disease by assessing retinal metabolic activity, today announced the ...

CHICAGO — Children with a rare, inherited retinal disorder who were treated with the first Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapy had noticeable improvements in vision that may be related ...

MeiraGTx Holdings plc announced promising results from a first-in-human study published in The Lancet, involving a gene therapy treatment for children with AIPL1-associated retinal dystrophy, ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Opus Genetics is conducting a trial for OPGx-MERTK gene therapy in Abu Dhabi, targeting MERTK-related retinitis pigmentosa using AAV-based delivery. The trial is a collaboration with Cleveland Clinic ...