High-Efficiency Base Editing in the Retina of Primates and Human Tissues

High-precision Base Editing Technology in Primates and Human Retina Research Background Stargardt disease is a currently untreatable, inherited neurodegenerative disease that leads to macular degeneration and blindness due to loss-of-function mutations in the ABCA4 gene. The protein encoded by the ABCA4 gene is a membrane lipid flippase localized i...

Development of a Novel Label-Free Functional, Molecular, and Structural Imaging System Combining Optical Coherence Tomography and Raman Spectroscopy for In Vivo Measurement of Rat Retina

Development of a Novel Label-Free Functional, Molecular, and Structural Imaging System Combining Optical Coherence Tomography and Raman Spectroscopy for In Vivo Measurement of Rat Retina

A Revolution in Optical Imaging: Development of a Multimodal Retinal Imaging System Combining OCT and Raman Spectroscopy Research Background and Significance Accessing molecular information of retinal tissue is pivotal for the early diagnosis of ophthalmic and neurodegenerative diseases. However, the current gold standard in retinal imaging—Optical...

Layer-Specific Anatomical and Physiological Features of the Retina’s Neurovascular Unit

Academic Report on the Study of Layer-Specific Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of the Retinal Neurovascular Unit Background and Problem Statement Retinal processing, similar to all neural computations, is metabolically expensive and involves the dynamic regulation of blood flow, known as neurovascular coupling (NVC). The retina is supp...

Serine and Glycine Physiology Reversibly Modulate Retinal and Peripheral Nerve Function

Reversible Regulation of Retinal and Peripheral Nerve Function: Physiological Study of Serine and Glycine Background and Research Motivation Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (Mactel) is an age-related retinal disease characterized by central vision loss. The molecular etiology of this disease is complex and is primarily associated with the metabolism ...