macular degeneration
Multi-Ancestry Study Uncovers Genetic Contributors to Progressive Eye Disease
Researchers uncovered 63 new or known risk loci for age-related macular degeneration using data for ancestrally diverse individuals enrolled in half a dozen prior studies.
Sysmex Gets Approval in Japan for Retinal Dystrophy Gene Panel
The next-generation sequencing panel identifies genetic mutations that cause inherited retinal dystrophy, which results in vision problems, including blindness.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk Genes, Pathways Found in Multiomics Eye Study
Researchers used bulk and single-cell RNA-seq, single-cell ATAC-seq, and DNA methylation analysis to narrow in on disease-related genes, pathways, and regulatory features.
Genosity Inks Deal With Gemini Therapeutics to Develop Assay for AMD Clinical Trial Patient Selection
The assay will be used to select patients for enrollment in a Phase IIa study of Gemini Therapeutics' dry age-related macular degeneration drug GEM103.
Researchers from startup Duality Technologies and Dana-Farber have demonstrated the efficacy and speed of a highly secure technique for analyzing encrypted genomic data.