| Ophthalmology / Optometry - Study identifies three unknown genetic mechanisms that cause myopia |
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The latest ophthalmology / optometry news from News Medical |
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 | | |  New method to treat blindness using retinal cell production Scientists in Sweden have innovated a method of treating blindness using embryonic stem cells to produce retinal cells. The team at Karolinska Institutet and St Erik Eye Hospital reported their approach of using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to amend retinal cell production so the generated cells can hide from the body’s immune system, protecting them from becoming rejected. | |
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| | |  An Inflammatory regulatory circuit in the eye controlled by a subtype of endothelial cells, the cells that line the interior of blood vessels, has been identified. | | | | |  A Fight for Sight funded researcher from the University of Bristol has used gene editing techniques to successfully demonstrate a gene therapy for glaucoma in the lab. | | | | |  Diabetic retinopathy can be diagnosed and graded with the use of a newer scanning technology called ultra-wide field imaging. | |
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