Breakthrough Drug Restores Vision: Researchers Successfully Reverse Retinal Damage

Breakthrough Drug Restores Vision: Researchers Successfully Reverse Retinal Damage

Blocking the PROX1 protein allowed KAIST researchers to regenerate damaged retinas and restore vision in mice. Vision is one of the most important human senses, yet more than 300 million people around the world are at risk of losing it due to various retinal diseases. Although recent treatments have helped slow the progression of these [...]

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Blocking the PROX1 protein allowed KAIST researchers to regenerate damaged retinas and restore vision in mice. Vision is one of the most important human senses, yet more than 300 million people around the world are at risk of losing it due to various retinal diseases. Although recent treatments have helped slow the progression of these […]

The vision is one of the most important senses of the human being, but more than 300 million people around the world are at risk of losing it due to various retinal diseases. Although the latest advances in the treatment of retinal diseases have managed to slow its progression, so far no effective therapy has been developed to recover the lost vision. Now, researchers from the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology of Korea (KAIST) have su…