Using Patient Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Inherited Retinal Disease
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Red Room, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, CanadaDr. Budd A. Tucker, PhD University of Iowa Abstract: Inherited retinal degenerative disorders, ranging from relatively common conditions such as Stargardt disease to rare forms of retinitis pigmentosa, are extraordinarily genetically heterogeneous. To date more than 100 different genes and thousands of different disease-causing mutations have been identified. The unifying feature of these conditions is […]