Juvenile macular degeneration (JMD), also called juvenile macular dystrophy, refers to a group ... kill light-sensitive cells called retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), according to a 2021 review.

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...

You may not know about inherited retinal dystrophy, but this group of eye disorders can steal your vision. Learn more them and how your genes play a role.

Wenzhou Medical University and collaborating institutions have identified a population of human neural retinal stem-like cells able to regenerate retinal tissue and support visual recovery.

The patients had symptoms of retinal dystrophy starting in early adulthood ... including retinal pigment epithelium cells and photoreceptors. More research is needed to understand the UBAP1L ...

We used patient iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE ... application for specific nonsense mutations in retinal dystrophy genes 1. CEP290 mutations cause syndromic ciliopathies, but ...