University of Alabama: Mouse Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa RP59 Shows Key Biochemical and Diagnostic Features of the Human Disease
October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
By Jeff Hansen
Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of these forms of retinitis pigmentosa, RP59, exhibits key biochemical and diagnostic features of human RP59, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report in the journal Cell Dea . . .
By Jeff Hansen
Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of these forms of retinitis pigmentosa, RP59, exhibits key biochemical and diagnostic features of human RP59, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report in the journal Cell Dea . . .