RetroSense Therapeutics’ Investigational New Drug (IND) application for gene therapy based clinical trial for their product RST-001 has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration. RetroSense is developing RST-001 for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic condition that leads to the progressive degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors (cells found in the retina that sense light),
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A team of researchers at the CHA University in South Korea has successfully transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human amniotic membranes of the placenta (AMSCs) into laboratory mice modeled with oxygen-induced retinopathy, which is used to simulate many retinal diseases. The treatment aimed at suppressing abnormal angiogenesis (blood vessel growth) which is recognized
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Extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks’ gestational age) have higher rates of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood than children born at term.
Participants are being enrolled in the first clinical trial that tests the use of retinal progenitor cells to treat retinitis pigmentosa. The product of stem cell research at UCI’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute and Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, these retinal progenitors are similar to stem cells in terms of potential regenerative
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