by National Eye Institute L-ORD patient RPE cell (borders are white) showing mutant protein CTRP5 (red) trapped inside the cell and partially in autophagosomes (green). Credit: Ruchi Sharma and Davide Ortolan (NEI) Scientists have discovered that gene therapy and the diabetes drug metformin may be potential treatments for late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD), a rare, blinding eye...
