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Gene Augmentation Therapy for Usher Syndrome 1B (UCLA Case No. 2023-138)

UCLA researchers in the Department of Ophthalmology have developed a novel approach to cure Usher Syndrome 1B. BACKGROUND: Usher syndrome is defined as a condition whose major symptoms are deafness or hearing loss, and an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which affects vision. The ear-related effects of Usher’s disease are caused...

Published: 9/15/2023 | Inventor(s): David Williams

Keywords(s): Gene delivery, Genetic Disease, Hearing loss, Usher syndrome, Vision loss

Category(s): Therapeutics > Gene Therapy And Editing