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Photoreceptor transplants restore vision in mice
Key achievements
The world's first eye gene therapy trial - JWB Bainbridge et al. N Engl J Med. 2008
Cell therapy repairs the retina - Pearson RA et al Nature 2012
The first proof-of-concept in eye gene therapy - RR Ali et al. Nat. Genet. 2000
Our latest blog posts
It’s OK to ask about clinical research – an NIHR campaign
‘Defining future eye research’ – a chance for you to help tackle slight loss
Useful links
UCL/Moorfields
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo
University College London
www.ucl.ac.uk
Moorfields Eye Hospital
www.moorfields.org.uk
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre
http://www.brcophthalmology.org/
UCL Institute
of Child Health
www.ich.ucl.ac.uk
Collaborators
Prof. Tiansen
Li
www.howelaboratory.harvard.edu/default.htm
Prof. Alan Wright
www.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/Research/Cellgen/Retinopathies/qtl_ip.html
Prof. Andrew Dick
www.bristol.ac.uk/clinicalsciencesouth/torc/ophthalmology/research/iedg/interests.html
Prof. Adrian Thrasher
www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/academicunits/Molecular_immunology/Homepage
Dr Jane Sowden
www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/academics_students/stem_cell_research.html
Dr Yvan Arsenijevic
http://www.eyeregeneration.ch/home.html
Dr Alberto Auricchio
http://www.tigem.it/researchers/auricchio/auricchio_alberto.html
Prof. Simon Petersen-Jones
http://cvm.msu.edu/hospital/services/ophthalmology/the-ophthalmology-team
Prof. Masayo Takahashi
http://www.riken.go.jp/engn/r-world/research/lab/cdb/retinal/index.html
Charities
For more information on eye research we recommend the following
societies and organizations:
Moorfields Eye Charity
http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/Getinvolved/MoorfieldsEyeCharity
RP Fighting Blindness (formerly BRPS)
http://www.rpfightingblindness.org.uk/
Fight for Sight
www.fightforsight.org.uk
Retina International
http://www.retina-international.org/
Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)
www.blindness.org/
Eye conditions and support groups
AMD Alliance International
www.amdalliance.org
Be AMD Aware
www.beamdaware.co.uk
The Eye Cancer Network
www.eyecancer.com
The Eye Disease list
www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C11.html
EyeUK
www.eyecharity.com
The Glaucoma Foundation, USA
www.glaucomafoundation.org/index.php
Glaucoma Research Foundation
www.glaucoma.org
Macular Degeneration Support
www.mdsupport.org
Macular Degeneration Network
www.macular-degeneration.org
Macular Society
http://www.macularsociety.org/
National Association for Visually Handicapped, USA
www.navh.org
Patient Information Publications
www.patient.co.uk
Royal National College for the Blind
www.rncb.ac.uk
Other organisations
The Association for Research in Vision Ophthalmology (ARVO)
www.arvo.org
European association for Vision Eye Research (EVER)
www.ever.be
American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT)
www.asgt.org
European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT)
www.esgct.org
British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT)
www.bsgt.org.uk
Retinal Information Network (RETNET)
www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/Retnet
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