Technique to regenerate the optic nerve offers hope for future glaucoma treatment
Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibres in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma,
Cambridge University News •
cambridge
Nov. 5, 2020 • ~5 min
Nov. 5, 2020 • ~5 min
Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles
Some viruses can hide out in the body and reemerge at later times. Which viruses do this, and can the new coronavirus do this too?
William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia •
conversation
July 31, 2020 • ~9 min
July 31, 2020 • ~9 min
Gene therapy and CRISPR strategies for curing blindness (Yes, you read that right)
Strategies to cure various types of blindness are looking more plausible after a series of recent breakthroughs using gene editing and gene therapy.
Hemant Khanna, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• conversation
June 25, 2020 • ~9 min
June 25, 2020 • ~9 min
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