A week in the life of a researcher
On a typical week in the stem cell lab there are many different experiments going on. Different people work on their individual projects, but we often collaborate to share ideas and help each other.
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On a typical week in the stem cell lab there are many different experiments going on. Different people work on their individual projects, but we often collaborate to share ideas and help each other.
You may have heard that a cell-based treatment approach (sometimes referred to as a “stem cell treatment”), developed by a company called ReNeuron, is being tested in a clinical trial at Oxford Eye Hospital and other centres in the US and Europe.
In spring 2021, the US company jCyte announced detailed results from their successful phase 2b clinical trial of jCell, a stem cell-based treatment for RP.
Biopharmaceutical company ProQR is conducting a Phase 2/3 clinical trial (Illuminate) to measure the safety and effectiveness of RNA therapy, Sepofarsen which aims to treat Leber's Congenital Amourosis (LCA) 10.
Aavantgarde Bio Ush1B study at Moorfields
Opus Genetics has launched an early-stage clinical trial of OPGx-MERTK, an investigational gene therapy for MERTK-related Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a condition that causes progressive vision loss due to photoreceptor degeneration.
SpliceBio has begun the dose-expansion portion of their phase 1/2 clinical trial of SB-007, a dual adeno-associated viral vector gene therapy for Stargardt disease.
Ocugen’s gene therapy candidate, OCU410ST, is an experimental treatment designed to slow vision loss in Stargardt disease, an inherited retinal disease (IRD) with no approved therapies currently.
A recently published study has provided the first molecular map of the mutation-specific changes that occur in the retina which lead to Congenital Stationary Night Blindness.