Editas Medicine Initiates Clinical Natural History Study to Evaluate Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis Type 10 (LCA10)
 September 21, 2017

Massachusetts Eye and Ear named as first site for the study   CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Editas Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDIT), a leading genome editing company, today announced that the Company initiated a clinical natural history study of Leber Congenital Amaurosis type 10 (LCA10). LCA10 is caused by mutations... Read More

RETINAL Transcriptome
 June 3, 2017

Original work (2013) View Data in Genome Browser PROJECT DETAILS The human retinal transcriptome data, available on the UCSC Genome Browser, was derived by performing RNA-Seq on 3 normal retina samples. Over 300 million 101 bp paired-end reads were aligned using the RNA-Seq Unified Mapper . These data are available as a... Read More

Young New Zealander Visits the OGI
 May 1, 2017

Louis Corbett, front left, learns the latest in eye research from Dr. Luk Vandenberghe. Louis Corbett, 12, is losing his vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa, an inherited retinal degeneration that also affects his older brother. His parents decided to take him on a “bucket-list” tour so he could see the world before his vision is permanently... Read More

GEDI Panel Released at MEEI
 May 1, 2017

The Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology today announced the availability of a comprehensive genetic diagnostic test for inherited retinal disease (IRD), early-onset glaucoma and optic atrophy. The Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology today announced the... Read More

GED-i Findings Published
 May 1, 2017

Mass. Eye and Ear Researchers Report that Panel-based Genetic Diagnostic Testing for Inherited Eye Diseases is Highly Accurate and More Sensitive than Exome Sequencing Findings published online in Genetics in Medicine  BOSTON (November 20, 2014) Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School Department of... Read More

Findings Published in Human Molecular Genetics
 May 1, 2017

Mass. Eye and Ear Researchers Report a Critical Role for the Complement System in Early Macular Degeneration Findings published in Human Molecular Genetics BOSTON, Mass., August 14, 2013 − In a study published today in the journal of Human Molecular Genetics, Drs. Donita Garland, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, and Eric Pierce of the Ocular... Read More

Dr. Wiggs Inducted into AOI
 May 1, 2017

Mass. Eye and Ear's Department of Ophthalmology was well-represented by Reza Dana, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H., FARVO, and Janey Wiggs, M.D., Ph.D., FARVO, at the February 2016 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI) annual meeting in Mexico. As one of eight members elected in 2015, Dr. Wiggs was inducted into AOI after delivering her inaugural... Read More