“Dr. Rafal Farjo, Chief Operating Officer of eyecro, gives a seminar to Members-in-Training on Transitioning from Academia to a Start-up. At the 2013 Annual meeting of the Association for Research in vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle.”
“Researchers have discovered a technique for directly reprogramming skin cells into light-sensing rod photoreceptors used for vision. The lab-made rods enabled blind mice to detect light after the cells were transplanted into the animals’ eyes. The work, funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), published April 15 in Nature.” (Click here to read rest of article)
We are proud to announce a significant breakthrough in ophthalmic care: our innovative MiDROPS® technology has been validated for safety and efficacy in its first clinical application. Data from the technology’s first clinical application is being presented at the 96th meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle, WA. Read the…
Experimental and clinical data suggest that pro-angiogenic, pro-inflammatory and mitogenic cytokine leptin can be implicated in ocular neovascularization and the other eye pathologies. At least in part, leptin action appears to be mediated through functional interplay with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The effects of VEGF on leptin expression were assessed in ocular endothelial cell…
Gene therapy preserved vision in a study involving dogs with naturally occurring, late-stage retinitis pigmentosa, according to research funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The findings contribute to the groundwork needed to move gene therapy forward into clinical trials for people with the blinding eye disorder, for…
Taking the medication metformin hydrochloride was associated with reduced risk of developing the sight-threatening disease open-angle glaucoma in people with diabetes, according to a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology. Medications that mimic caloric restriction such as metformin can reduce the risk of some late age-onset disease. It is unknown whether these caloric mimetic drugs…
Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identified adult stem cells of the central nervous system in a single layer of cells at the back of the eye. That cell layer, known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), underlies and supports photoreceptors in the light-sensitive retina. Without…