New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa.

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a rare genetic eye disorder that causes the retina’s cells to break down over time, leading to ...

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. No therapy exists for this rare inherited disease ...

Nanoscope Therapeutics is on the brink of filing for FDA approval of what could be the first gene therapy for incurable eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) that can be used regardless of ...

It is approved for treating vision loss caused by Leber's congenital amaurosis or retinitis pigmentosa due to confirmed biallelic RPE65 mutations. LUXTURNA uses an adeno-associated viral type 2 ...

Blocking the PROX1 protein allowed KAIST researchers to regenerate damaged retinas and restore vision in mice. Vision is one ...

At age 28, during an ophthalmologist appointment to seek reading glasses, Luehrs was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive, inherited eye disease of the retina. "His words were ...