AJMC October 2, 2022
Gene therapy can be used to treat retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease, and there is likely to be an increase in approved gene therapies for ophthalmic conditions, explained Michel Michaelides, MD, FACP, a consultant ophthalmologist and a professor of ophthalmology at the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology’s Genetics Department.
Michel Michaelides, MD, FACP, explains how gene therapy can be used to treat retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease, and how it could be used in the future of eye care. Michaelides is a consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the Department of Medical Retina, Inherited Eye Disease and Paediatric Ophthalmology and a professor of ophthalmology at the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology’s Genetics Department.
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