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    A person is examining a dog with an electronic device

    A New Penn Vet Clinic Brings Support and Hope for Dogs with Retinal Disease

    Zoey the cockapoo greeted life with tail-wagging joy. A mass of tawny curls, she loved everyone, and they loved her back.

    a diagram showing the process of using messenger RNA to make a protein

    Researchers Advance mRNA Delivery to the Retina Using Stabilized Lipid Carriers

    Efficient delivery of synthetic mRNA to the retina remains one of the key hurdles in developing mRNA-based treatments for vision loss.

    William Beltran

    Penn Vet Researchers Evaluate a New Device That Could Streamline Vision-Saving Therapies

    Retinal blindness caused by the death of photoreceptors, the light-sensing cells within the retina, affects millions of people worldwide. Novel gene and cell therapies to prevent or rescue vision loss…

    Photomicrograph shows a small number of transplanted human cells

    Hope for cell-based retinal repair: Penn Vet study finds key to improving survival of transplanted cells

    Researchers identify metabolic stress as an obstacle to photoreceptor transplantation highlighting a critical window for therapeutic intervention.

    Raghavi Sudharsan and William Beltran sitting in a lab.

    New tools to treat retinal degenerations at advanced stages of disease (link is external)

    A collaborative team of researchers led by vision scientists at the School of Veterinary Medicine have developed novel promoters that drive strong and specific gene expression in rod and cone…

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