Friday, August 1, 2025

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.

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