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    Month: September 2014

    FDA Approves Two Extended-Release Drug Therapies For DME

    Posted on September 30, 2014November 29, 2020 by droberts
  • September 30, 2014

    FDA Approves Two Extended-Release Drug Therapies For DME

    By Dan Roberts Implants devised by two different companies for treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) have been approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The companies are Allergan and Alimera, and the new drugs are Ozurdex and Iluvien respectively. Both drugs are corticosteroids that have demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of […]

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  • Final Stargardt Patient Treated In Initial Stem Cell Trial

    Posted on September 25, 2014 by droberts
  • September 25, 2014

    Final Stargardt Patient Treated In Initial Stem Cell Trial

    Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) has treated the final patient in the UK-based Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of the company’s stem cell therapy for Stargardt’s disease. To date, no adverse events have been reported. The company is working with U.S. and European regulators to commence a Phase 2 trial to assess […]

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  • Gene Profiling Technique Accelerates Stem Cell Therapies for Retinal Diseases

    Posted on September 23, 2014 by droberts
  • September 23, 2014

    Gene Profiling Technique Accelerates Stem Cell Therapies for Retinal Diseases

    (Source: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health) Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a technique that will streamline the production of stem-cell derived tissues. The technique will help the researchers in their efforts to use patients’ skin cells to create new retinal tissue, a therapy that has been recently applied to […]

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  • Woman Receives Retinal Stem Cells Made From Her Own Skin

    Posted on September 13, 2014 by droberts
  • September 13, 2014

    Woman Receives Retinal Stem Cells Made From Her Own Skin

    On September 12, 2014, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan surgically transplanted into the eye of a woman a sheet of retinal pigment cells made from her own skin. This marks the first time stem cells from a person’s own body have been induced to become retinal cells and implanted into […]

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