Retinitis Pigmentosa - National Eye Institute
Aug 6, 2025 · Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of rare eye diseases that affect the retina (the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of the eye). RP makes cells in the retina break down …
Retinitis pigmentaria - National Eye Institute
La retinitis pigmentaria (RP) es un grupo de enfermedades oculares poco comunes que afectan la retina (la capa de tejido sensible a la luz en la parte de atrás del ojo). La RP hace que con el …
Foundation Fighting Blindness - National Eye Institute
Oct 8, 2019 · Foundation Fighting Blindness The urgent mission of The Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for …
Repurposing a high blood pressure drug may prevent vision loss …
Apr 15, 2025 · New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. No therapy exists for this rare …
CRISPR gene editing promising for blinding disease retinitis …
Nov 27, 2024 · National Eye Institute-funded scientists using gene editing corrected a mutation in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited blinding eye disorder. The gene editing …
Usher Syndrome - National Eye Institute
Dec 4, 2024 · Usher syndrome is the most common condition that affects both hearing and vision. Its major vision-related symptom is an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. Learn about the …
Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive …
Mar 18, 2022 · The drug may revive sight in humans with the inherited disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and perhaps in other vision disorders, including age-related macular …
Update on Vitamin A as a Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa
Jul 1, 2008 · Investigators reported in 1993 that the progressive course of retinal degeneration, as assessed by the electroretinogram (ERG), was slower on average among adults with retinitis …
Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa Reported - National Eye Institute
Jun 14, 1993 · Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of inherited retinal diseases that affects about 100,000 Americans and 1.5 million people worldwide. It causes the progressive deterioration …
NIH researchers develop eye drops that slow vision loss in animals
Mar 21, 2025 · Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive …