Cells Special Issue: “The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Retinal Diseases”
Steven J. Pittler,
Steven J. Fliesler
Affiliations
Steven J. Pittler
Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Vision Science Research Center, School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019, USA
Steven J. Fliesler
Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry and Neuroscience Graduate Program, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The State University of New York-University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203-1121, USA
The recent success in the treatment of hereditary retinal disease caused by defects in the RPE65 gene and the FDA approval of this treatment has established the importance of the study of animal models and the translational impact of these research findings [...]