Meet Dr. Steve Rose
Steve is highly respected for his expertise and tireless commitment to finding treatments and cures for vision-robbing retinal diseases.
Posts Tagged ‘choroideremia’
Definitive diagnoses for inherited retinal diseases don’t always come easy, even for the patients of the most knowledgeable doctors. Comments posted to this blog over the past year are a testament to that fact. Many readers are understandably frustrated by a doctor’s inability to determine exactly what retinal condition is affecting them or loved ones.
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ARVO Update: News on Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for RP and Choroideremia
Dr. Robert MacLaren
I was very excited to learn here at ARVO that two early-stage gene therapy clinical trials – one for choroideremia taking place in the U.K., the other for autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) caused by MERTK mutations underway in Saudi Arabia – are proceeding well thus far. It is important to keep in mind that safety is the primary focus in these Phase I studies.
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