A team of scientists from the Institute for Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (“IOB”) that was led by Botond Roska, in collaboration with the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, have created indistinguishable replicas of human retinas in culture. These will be used to help find the specific cell types that are affected by genetic eye ailments. This project, which took 6 years, will significantly speed up the process of developing new therapies for eye ailments.
The paper’s principal author, who is also a senior researcher in the IOB Human Retinal Circuit Group, Cameron Cowan, says that the research sheds light on an unmet need that has existed for many years, which is to create model retinas that are indistinguishable from real retinas. She added that the efforts the team put into this research will make it possible to develop treatments…
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