[Research to Prevent Blindness] Research to Prevent Blindness

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Gene Therapy Proven Effective for Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease

Researchers have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young adults with a form of retinitis pigmentosa known as Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), an inherited retinal disorder that reduces vision in early childhood and... Read more...

Hope Through Research

Findings by researchers working with the grant support of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) lead to the discovery that RP symptoms are caused by the death of cells in the retina. The retina is a light detecting layer inside the eye... Read more...

Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.;
Masayuki Akimoto, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan School
of Medicine.

Retinitis Pigmentosa

The term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of hereditary diseases, all of which eventually result in severe vision loss. Some of the diseases in the RP family are Usher syndrome, Lebers congenital amaurosis, rod-cone... Read more...