One study was recently published in June 2012 in the Archives of Ophthalmology: ω - 3 Intake and Visual Acuity in
Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Receiving Vitamin A (Arch Ophthalmol.
The researchers concluded that ʺmean annual rates of decline in distance and retinal visual acuities in
adults with retinitis pigmentosa receiving vitamin A, 15 000 IU / d, are slower over 4 to 6 years among those consuming a diet rich in ω - 3 fatty acids.
To demonstrate VarScan's capabilities, we used data from a collaboration with Stephen Daiger and colleagues, who are resequencing candidate genes in a cohort of
families with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP).
Neal: Yes, I have a
sibling with retinitis pigmentosa, so I'm well aware of the emotional and physical problems it poses, how it affects one's life and the lives of loved ones.
On his 18th birthday, Ryan Knighton was
diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a congenital, progressive disease marked by night - blindness, tunnel vision and, eventually, total blindness.
«Any improvement in
people with retinitis pigmentosa is big because it's an inexorable disease where you gradually go blind,» says Julia Haller, a professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University who has worked with the implant.
Up to one - quarter of all patients
with retinitis pigmentosa will become legally blind in both eyes.
With retinitis pigmentosa, for example, it's an inherited protein misfolding disease.
This project aims at the transplantation of retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells in patients
with retinitis pigmentosa.
Bionic Vision Australia is a national consortium of researchers working together to develop a bionic eye to restore vision to people
with retinitis pigmentosa and age - related macular degeneration.
It has also been found to slow the decline of retinal function in
those with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that can lead to blindness, according to researchers from Harvard.
Electrical stimulation of the retina elicits visual perception in patients
with retinitis pigmentosa.