by Oregon Health & Science University A genetic mutation that leads to a rare, but devastating blindness-causing syndrome has been discovered in monkeys for the first time. The finding offers a promising way to develop gene and cell therapies that could treat the condition in people. Three rhesus macaques with a mutated gene that’s associated with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome have been discovered, according to a...
Tag: <span>Retinitis pigmentosa (RP)</span>
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Using CRISPR to reverse retinitis pigmentosa and restore visual function
A confocal micrograph of mouse retina depicting optic fiber layer. Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, with colleagues in China, have reprogrammed mutated rod photoreceptors to become functioning cone photoreceptors, reversing cellular degeneration and restoring visual...