Professor Robert MacLaren, leading Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, discusses his pioneering research into using gene therapy to treat the genetic eye condition. This involves using a harmless virus to take the correct genetic information into the eye so that it starts to work properly. The early stages of this research was funded by Fight for Sight.
Professor MacLaren also discusses his research into retinitis pigmentosa and the future of robot-assisted eye surgery.
Stargardt disease causes progressive central sight loss, and there is currently no cure.
Professor Robert MacLaren, leading Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, discusses his pioneering research into using gene therapy to treat the genetic eye condition. This involves using a harmless virus to take the correct genetic information into the eye so that it starts to work properly. The early stages of this research was funded by Fight for Sight.
Professor MacLaren also discusses his research into retinitis pigmentosa and the future of robot-assisted eye surgery.
Stargardt disease causes progressive central sight loss, and there is currently no cure.
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