Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine through UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital,

Gene therapy offers promise for treating glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration

Credit: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.3390/ijms25168876 Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a highly promising gene therapy to treat glaucoma, a debilitating eye condition that can

Reprogramming stem cells to make ‘retinal sheets’ to treat blindness in minipigs

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Millions of people around the world are affected by retinal degenerative diseases. In most cases, loss of vision is caused by damage to the macula, a