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Developing New Drug Candidates for Retinal Diseases

Yuanyuan Chen, PhD

The Systems Pharmacology Lab of Retinal Degenerationof Yuanyuan, run by Yuanyuan Chen, PhD, focuses on pharmacological studies of inherited retinal disease and age-related retinal degeneration. The lab develops drug screening […]

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Inherited Retinal Conditions: Current Treatments and Future Research

close up image of the retina

At the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 6 webinar, “Inherited Retinal Conditions: Current Treatments and Future Research,” Dr. José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the […]

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Seeing the Future of Gene Therapy

Many advancements have occurred in the field of gene therapy since the last webinar on this topic. The Eye & Ear Foundation’s June 25th webinar, “Seeing the Future of Gene […]

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Improving Drug Delivery for Eyecare

Yuanyuan Chen, PhD, has a lab that is developing drugs for retinal diseases. Morgan V. DiLeo, PhD, has a lab that is developing new delivery methods for these drugs. Both […]

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Using Optogenetics to Restore Vision

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine was the first in the world to use optogenetics to restore vision. The Eye & Ear Foundation’s August […]

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Retinal Dystrophies: Introduction, Therapies and Ongoing Research

A lot of progress has been made in the past few years on retinal degeneration, Dr. José-Alain Sahel said at the beginning of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s May 18th […]

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