Sentences with phrase «retinal cell treatment»

Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), based in Marlborough, Mass., will begin testing its retinal cell treatment this year in a dozen patients with Stargardt's macular dystrophy, an inherited degenerative eye disease that leads to blindness in children.

Not exact matches

Similar patches and treatments have already been tested against the «wet» form — in which blood vessels invade and destroy the retinal pigment epithelial cells that nourish and support the photoreceptor cells that capture light.

A new gene therapy treatment has restored some sight in a handful of blind patients suffering from Leber's congenital amaurosis, a syndrome in which, because of a broken or missing gene called RPE65, retinal photoreceptor cells malfunction and eventually die.

Spark CEO Jeff Marrazzo says their more potent vector and differences in how the treatment is made, such as the company's use of a surfactant to make sure the vector doesn't stick to the vial when the surgeon injects it, may result in a higher dose of the RPE65 gene getting into retinal cells and long - lasting effects.

The research team's next step will be to evaluate how the Amyloid beta proteins get into retinal cells and study more closely how damage occurs, with a view of establishing preventative measures or treatment options.

A trial in 18 people with damaged retinal cells is being hailed as the most promising yet for a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).

«Current treatments can slow these diseases» progression, but they can't replace lost retinal cells.

Dominic Eberle (Ader, TUD)-- «Cell transplantation and gene therapy approaches for the treatment of retinal degenerative disorders» (2012)

However, current results point to a possible role for hNPCctx in the treatment of at least some forms of human retinal degenerative diseases and highlight the versatility and efficacy of these cells as therapeutic tools in a broad range of neurodegenerative disorders [10]--[12], [66].

Many of the most promising approaches fall into four categories: the retinal prosthetic, gene therapy, stem cell treatments, and a technique that uses optogenetics, a way to engineer nerves to fire in response to bursts of light.

The treatment could help people who have a fault in a gene called RPE65, which causes problems in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a thin layer of cells that support and nourish photoreceptors.

A non-nucleic acid based reprogramming strategy promises to provide a safe and effective treatment for lost retinal cells in glaucoma sufferers.

The stem cell approach I am most excited about involves a treatment to replace cells called retinal pigment epithelial cells.

The successful differentiation of iPS cells into RPE represents a significant advance in the search for a potential cell source for the treatment of human neural retinal diseases.

(2007) Chronic Minocycline Treatment Decreases Microglial Activation and Improves Retrograde Axonal Transport in Retinal Ganglion Cells in DBA / 2J Retina (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 48: ARVO E-Abstract 3291).

Empowered with the knowledge that retinal cells play a critical role in communicating information from the eye to brain, researchers have begun to develop a suite of potential treatments and therapies.