Many genetic variants linked to inherited eye disorders rarely lead to disease, meaning up to 2% of people could carry these variants without ever developing vision problems, according to a new s tudy ...

BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based Narayana Nethralaya is developing gene therapy solutions that could drastically reduce the cost of treating genetic eye diseases. Currently, gene therapy treatments, used to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are advancing the fight against inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) with new genetic research that aims to improve diagnoses and lay the ...

A new study from the University of Oklahoma suggests that small genetic differences in two proteins—previously known for their role in premature infants' lungs—may also influence how their eyes ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

MeiraGTx Holdings plc (NASDAQ:MGTX) stock is trading higher after the company inked a strategic collaboration in the area of ophthalmology with Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY). MeiraGTx will grant Lilly ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds were identified using a virtual screening approach. Two new compounds ...

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's Casey Eye Institute and Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute published findings from a two-year Phase I clinical trial in the journal ...

Dec 1 ( Reuters) ‌- ‌Belite Bio said on ⁠Monday ‌that its experimental ‍drug for a rare genetic eye ‌disease met the main goal in a ⁠late- stage study. (Reporting by ‍Padmanabhan ⁠Ananthan in ...