Centre for Eye Research Archives - Insight Presented by Prime Creative Media Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:04:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-Insight-favicon-32x32.png Centre for Eye Research Archives - Insight 32 32 Australian gene therapy researchers ‘reprogramming’ cells to restore sight https://www.insightnews.com.au/australian-gene-therapy-researchers-reprogramming-cells-to-restore-sight/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:04:07 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=23068 Hope in Sight Giving Day Dr Raymond Wong
Dr Raymond Wong and his Cellular Reprogramming Team at CERA in Melbourne. Image: Anna Carlile

Melbourne researchers are developing a new gene therapy they hope will “switch on sight” by regenerating light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina. Research by Dr Raymond Wong and his CellularRead More

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Dr Raymond Wong and his Cellular Reprogramming Team at CERA in Melbourne. Image: Anna Carlile
Melbourne researchers are developing a new gene therapy they hope will “switch on sight” by regenerating light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina. Research by Dr Raymond Wong and his Cellular
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Reducing glaucoma blindness requires a fight on numerous fronts, so what efforts are currently being undertaken in Australia to curb the disease’s impact? The clinical care model, treatments, patient
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]]> First human trial to examine role of vitamin B3 in glaucoma treatment https://www.insightnews.com.au/first-human-trial-to-examine-role-of-vitamin-b3-in-glaucoma-treatment/ Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:49:57 +0000 http://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=13670
Dr Flora Hui is leading the trial to determine if high dose vitamin B3 could be used to support existing glaucoma therapies. Image credit: Anna Carlile.

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Dr Flora Hui is leading the trial to determine if high dose vitamin B3 could be used to support existing glaucoma therapies. Image credit: Anna Carlile.
A world-first clinical trial in Australia is investigating whether vitamin B3 could help protect nerve cells against damage in glaucoma. The highly-anticipated Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)
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