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Jun 29, 2017
Researchers Find Mutation as Frequent Cause of RP in American Hispanics
Research NewsThe discovery can help genetic experts diagnose more patients with adRP, and it gives researchers a target for developing potential therapies.
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Jun 1, 2017
Valproic Acid's Effect Too Small in One-Year Clinical Trial
Research NewsWhile a therapy for adRP will not emerge from the clinical trial, study investigators advanced development of a new outcome measure known as EZ Area to quickly and accurately evaluate potential therapies for RP in human studies.
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May 23, 2017
Forty-Four High-Impact Retinal-Research Efforts Highlighted at FFB-Casey Innovation Summit
Research NewsIn its fourth year, the meeting is becoming the world’s most comprehensive overview of the promising research underway for emerging IRD treatments.
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May 16, 2017
Clinical Trial Authorized in the U.S. for Emerging LCA 10 Therapy
Research NewsProQR, a biotechnology company in the Netherlands, has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to start a Phase I/II clinical trial for its therapy known as QR-110
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May 8, 2017
FFB Funding Helps Retinal Genetics Lab Secure $2 Million Investment
Research NewsHow the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) provided timely funding of $155,000 to help a lab at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), leverage a $2 million retinal-gene discovery project.
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Apr 28, 2017
jCyte Stem-Cell Therapy Moves into Phase IIb Clinical Trial for RP
Research NewsBased on lab studies, researchers believe the treatment can preserve and potentially rescue the patient’s existing photoreceptors, thereby saving and possibly restoring vision.
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Apr 4, 2017
FFB-CRI Launching Natural History Study for People with USH2A Mutations
Research NewsThe study — known as RUSH2A (“R” stands for “rate of progression”) — is beginning in spring 2017 and will take place at about 20 clinical sites around the world. RUSH2A investigators will use a variety of technologies to monitor changes in vision and retinal structure to document and analyze disease progression.
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Mar 22, 2017
Dr. Eliot Berson, Pioneer in Vitamin A Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa, Passes Away
Research NewsDr. Berson dedicated himself to clinical care and vision-saving research for people with inherited retinal diseases for five decades.
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Mar 20, 2017
First Patient Treated in XLRP Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
Research NewsThe Nightstar gene therapy involves injection of healthy copies of RPGR underneath the retina.
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Mar 16, 2017
Unregulated Stem-Cell Therapy Causes Severe Vision Loss for Three Florida Women
Research News“…participation in a study for an emerging therapy that is not regulated by the FDA or another well-recognized regulatory agency like the European Medicines Agency in Europe, is fraught with dangers and can lead to unexpected serious consequences.”