NIH Grant For New AMD Gene Therapy Method And Link Between Interleukin-6 Protein and Diabetic Eye Disease

Dr. Glenn Yiu (University of California, Davis - Davis, CA)

Dr. Stephen J. Kim (Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN)

 

Dr. Glenn Yiu, Director of Teleophthalmology and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis, explains a National Institutes of Health grant to fund research into a new method into injecting gene therapy into the eye to treat macular degeneration.

Dr. Stephen J. Kim, Phyllis G. and William B. Snyder Chair and Retina Division Chief, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, discusses research linking interleukin-6, a protein, with diabetic eye disease.

8/17/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Effects Of Blue Light and PEDF Peptide Eye Drops To Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa In Mice

Dr. Nicole Bajic (Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH)

Dr. Patricia Becerra (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD)

Dr. Nicole Bajic, Ophthalmologist and Director of Media and Communications, Cole Eye Institute, and Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, goes over blue light, the sources of blue light, and the effects of blue light on sleep-wake cycles and the eye.

Dr. Patricia Becerra, Senior Investigator, Head of the Protein Structure and Function Section, National Eye Institute, discusses how pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) peptide eye drops have been used in research to treat mice with retinitis pigmentosa.

8/3/2025 Podcast (Click Image Below)