 |
|
 |
 |
 |
| |
Ebiotec
Professional Services
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|  |
|
Genetics
and Genomics
The
Genetics of the Eye
Ophthalmogenetics
 |
|
Ophthalmogenetics
researches the genetics behind today’s most common eye diseases
and establishes a base for the design of preventive therapeutic
models.
Genetic factors play a role in many kinds of eye diseases, specially
those that are the leading cause of blindness among infants, children
and adults.
Up to 40% of patients with certain types of strabismus have a
family history of the disease. Over the past 15 years, nearly
500 genes that contribute to inherited
eye diseases have
been
|
| identified.
This remarkable new genetic information highlights the effort
that is being made in understanding the medical basis of human
ophthalmic diseases. As a result, gene-based therapies are actively
being pursued to ameliorate ophthalmic genetic diseases that were
once considered untreatable. The ability to detect disease-causing
mutations in many individuals with inherited ophthalmic diseases
offers significant benefits for patients and their families. It
is now possible to provide genetic testing for patients afflicted
with ocular diseases by the careful screening of these genes.
Inherited
eye diseases such as congenital cataracts & glaucoma,
retinal degeneration, optic atrophy and eye malformations
cause more than 60% of cases of blindness among infants. |
|
Ophthalmogenetic
Testing
Back
to intro
|
|
|
