By Paul McClure November 09, 2024 The gene therapy could replace lifelong, invasive injections directly into the eye Depositphotos View 1 Images An RNA-editing gene therapy has been developed that switches off the key driver of common eye conditions affecting diabetics and the elderly. The researchers behind the innovative treatment say that it’s an alternative to...
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RNA editing tool shows potential as a replacement for regular eye injections
by Centre for Eye Research Australia Intravitreal delivery of AAV2.7m8 achieves strong transduction of mice photoreceptors. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2408345121 Australian scientists have successfully used an innovative gene therapy technique in the lab to combat a key cause of vision loss in “wet” age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease....
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Study finds up to 30% of patients with wet macular degeneration can safely stop eye injections
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: SCHEMATIC SUMMARIZING THE RESEARCH BY SODHI’S TEAM. FLUID WAS COLLECTED FROM THE EYES OF PATIENTS WITH WET MACULAR DEGENERATION RECEIVING TREATMENT WITH ANTI-VEGF THERAPY. ANALYSES ON THE PROTEINS IN THIS FLUID WERE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY BIOMARKERS THAT MAY HELP PREDICT THOSE PATIENTS WHO CAN BE SAFELY WEANED OFF TREATMENT WITHIN ONE...