Targeting ELOVL2 Gene To Improve Visual Function and Stem Cell Based Retinal Implant To Treat Dry AMD

 

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk (University of California - Irvine)

Dr. Sun Young Lee (University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA)

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Brunson Center For Translational Vision Research, University of California-Irvine, discusses how targeting the ELOVL2 "aging gene" with fatty acids in mice could possibly reverse age-related vision loss.

Then, Dr. Sun Young Lee, Retina Specialist, USC Roski Eye Institute, part of Keck Medicine, University of Southern California, explains how a stem cell based retinal implant could possibly treat the dry form of age-related macular degeneration.

2/8/2026 Podcast (Click Image Below)