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2. Retinitis pigmentosa - Wikipedia

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   The progressive nature of and lack of a definitive cure for retinitis pigmentosa contribute to the inevitably discouraging outlook for patients with this disease. While complete blindness is rare, the person's visual acuity and visual field will continue to decline as initial rod photoreceptor and later cone photoreceptor degradation proceeds. [49]

3. Foundation Fighting Blindness - Wikipedia

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   Blind from retinitis pigmentosa, Gund is Chairman of the Foundation Fighting Blindness and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Gund Investment Corporation. [2] He is a former majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers (National Basketball Association) and was co-founder and part owner of the San Jose Sharks (National Hockey League). Berman ...

4. Retinitis - Wikipedia

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   Retinitis is inflammation of the retina in the eye, which can permanently damage the retina and lead to blindness. The retina is the eye's "sensing" tissue. Retinitis may be caused by a number of different infectious agents. Its most common form, called retinitis pigmentosa, has a prevalence of one in every 2,500–7,000 people.

5. Gene therapy of the human retina - Wikipedia

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   Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited disease which leads to progressive night blindness and loss of peripheral vision as a result of photoreceptor cell death. [ 29 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Most people who suffer from RP are born with rod cells that are either dead or dysfunctional, so they are effectively blind at nighttime, since these are the cells ...

6. Intravitreal gene therapy - Wikipedia

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   MeiraGTx's botaretigene sparoparvovec targets X-linked retinitis pigmentosa through RPGR gene restoration and Beacon Therapeutics’ laruparetigene zosaparvovec aims at similar conditions, showing retinal sensitivity improvements in trials. [8] Another notable effort is Atsena Therapeutics’ ATSN-201 for X-linked retinoschisis. [9]

7. Cialis Side Effects: What to Expect (& How to Avoid Them) - AOL

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   Optic nerve damage could cause or contribute to vision loss (including retinitis pigmentosa). Like priapism, this is an extremely rare side effect that only affects a tiny percentage of Cialis users.