Gene therapy for ocular neovascularization: a cure in sight |
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Authors: | Reich Samuel J Bennett Jean |
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Affiliation: | FM Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, The University of Pennsylvania, 310 Stellar Chance Labs, 422 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6069, USA. sreich@mail.med.upenn.edu |
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Abstract: | Recent advances in the field of ocular gene transfer have led researchers pursuing treatment for age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy to turn to gene therapy for the answer. Viral vector-mediated delivery of both anti-angiogenic proteins and molecules that inhibit the eye's endogenous pro-angiogenic factors has successfully diminished the pathology of ocular diseases in rodent models. A gene-therapy solution to the debilitating blindness caused by ocular neovascularization may be on the horizon. |
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