retinal-degeneration

Hope Center for Neurological Disorders | Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers in the WashU Medicine John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences have discovered key neuroprotective genes that could lead to the development of gene therapies to treat retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited form of retinal degeneration that causes blindness. The findings, published in Neuron April 9, point to new therapeutic strategies to maintain retinal hea…

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