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Strabismus as the first symptom of severe congenital disorders

04/06/2023
DBGenRare DiseasesScience and vision
Child with Strabismus
  Strabismus is a disorder in which the two eyes are not aligned. The most common form of strabismus is known as "cross-eyed". In most cases it is harmless and can be corrected. In these cases, the genetic cause is a combination of polymorphisms that are not yet fully described. However, in some cases, strabismus can be the first symptom...
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DBGen participates in EURETINA 2022

14/09/2022
DBGenEventsScience and vision
Banner Euretina 2022
DBGen has been in the EURETINA Congress 2022, which was held this year in Hamburg. This congress gathers the last advances in research in the area of visual pathologies. Dr. Rebeca Valero presented two complex cases which were diagnosed in DBGen by a combination of next generation sequencing techniques. The abstract of this work, "NGS technologies (targeted gene panels, WES and...
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COLOR BLINDNESS: ¿How many colors do you see?

06/09/2022
AchromatopsiaScience and vision
The 6th of September is International Color Blindness Day. What is color blindness? DBGen offers a brief explanation of color perception in humans and the associated genetic defects.   Colors are our brain’s interpretation of light signals and it classifies them according to their wavelength. For example, we identify light signals between 380 and 450 nm as violet, while light...
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Organoids, generating human eyes for therapy

01/09/2022
Science and vision
Nowadays, most Hereditary Retinal Diseases lack effective treatment. One of the challenges in the development of new therapies is the difficulty to study the functional and physiological effects of the more than 270 genes that are associated with these pathologies. The second challenge is the generation of a reliable model in which to perform a massive screening of potentially therapeutic...
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A great leap in the treatment of hereditary pathologies of vision: gene therapy

20/05/2022
Gene therapyGenomic editingScience and visionTherapy
Of all the advances that scientific and technological development has brought in the field of hereditary pathologies that affect vision, the most relevant and transcendent for the patient is the possibility of applying treatments for diseases that, until now, were considered incurable. . 30 years ago a new type of therapy was successfully started: gene therapy. In general terms, gene...
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Update on phase III therapies for hereditary vision disorders

07/04/2022
Gene therapyLeber Congenital AmaurosisRare DiseasesRetinitis pigmentaryScience and visionTherapyUsher's syndrome
When discussing the treatment for prevalent disorders such as hypertension or asthma, hardly ever do we stop and consider the time and effort that are needed to move from the characterization of the pathology at the clinical level to the implementation of an effective therapy. Nevertheless, this long, highly regulated process is an unavoidable step to secure a safe and...
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