Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 96: Dr. Deniz Dalkara
Eye on the Cure
Dr. Dalkara is a research director at INSERM in France and works on therapies for people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
December 5, 2025. Dr. Deniz Dalkara, a research director at INSERM in France, talks to host Ben Shaberman about her emerging gene-agnostic, gene therapy designed to restore cone-mediated vision in people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa. Known as SPVN20 and clinically developed by SparingVision, the treatment recently moved into a clinical trial in Europe. Dr. Dakara also discusses her earlier work in retinal gene and optogenetic therapy development.
This episode of the Eye on the Cure Podcast is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
