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Genetically engineered large animal model for studying cone photoreceptor survival and degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Oct 1997
Petters R M, Alexander C A, Wells K D, Collins E B, Sommer J R, Blanton M R, Rojas G, Hao Y, Flowers W L, Banin E, Cideciyan A V, Jacobson S G, Wong F
Abstract excerpt
Patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) typically develop night blindness early in life due to loss of rod photoreceptors. The remaining cone photoreceptors are the mainstay of their vision; however, over years or decades, these cones slowly degenerate, leading to blindness. We created transgenic...
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