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The emerging treatment targets a specific mutation (c.2991+1655A>G in Intron 26) of the gene CEP290 which causes Leber congenital amaurosis 10 (LCA 10)
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Opus Genetics Launches Gene Therapy Clinical Trial for Best Disease
Research NewsThe Foundation funded preclinical studies for the approach and launched Opus.
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Atsena to Launch Part B of Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for XLRS Gene Therapy
Research NewsThe Foundation is a founding investor in Atsena.
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FFB-CRI Leads Effort to Identify Outcome Measures for Therapies in Clinical Trials
Research NewsImproved outcome measures will make clinical trials for degenerative retinal diseases — including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the world’s leading cause of blindness in seniors, and inherited retinal conditions such as RP and Stargardt disease — less expensive to conduct and able to deliver more precise results.
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Stem-Cell Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Safe Thus Far in Early Human Study
Research NewsThe trial is one of the first-ever for a stem-cell-derived therapy for RP.
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Vision Testing and Retinal Imaging in Clinical Trials: What Patients Can Expect
Research NewsBecause measuring changes is not always easy, people in clinical trials often undergo a number of different tests over one or several years. It can be challenging for the patient, but is necessary to determine if a treatment is working.
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Best Disease Gene Therapy Advances Toward Clinical Trial
Research NewsUsing gene therapy, FFB-funded researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Perelman School of Medicine have reversed the disease process in a canine model of Best disease, an inherited form of macular degeneration that can lead to severe vision loss in humans
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New Imaging Technique May Be Game-Changer for RP Clinical Trials
Research NewsKnown as EZ Width, it holds potential for reducing the time, cost and number of patients needed to determine if a therapy is working in a clinical trial.
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MeiraGTx Treats First Patient in XLRP Gene-Therapy Trial
Research NewsThe MeiraGTx gene therapy involves injection of healthy copies of RPGR underneath the retina. The RPGR copies are contained in a human-engineered virus — known as an adeno-associated virus or AAV — designed to readily penetrate retinal cells to deliver the therapeutic genetic cargo.
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ReNeuron Not Continuing Clinical Development of Cell-Based Therapy for RP
Research NewsCompany seeks to out-license its retinal progenitor therapy to a partner
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