Gene editing could be used to treat millions of glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, characterized by high pressure inside the eye. Patients often rely on daily eye drops to ...

Each cell in the body is like a miniscule bowl of genetic soup, holding RNA from thousands of genes. But unlike an actual bowl of soup, which can forgive a little too much or not enough of certain ...

Gene therapy for glaucoma aims to stop and reverse vision loss associated with RGC death, by delivering neuroprotective and anti-apoptotic genes to RGCs and other support cells. However, there are ...

“This is the first detailed study of how and where ORC regulates epigenetics and gene expression in human cells,” said Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., leader of the study and chair of the University of Alabama ...