Paras Gupta Background: Retinal degeneration is initially associated with functional deficit and neuronal network programming that progresses to structural changes and heavy photoreceptor loss. After significant photoreceptor loss, innovative solutions such as neuroprotection, gene therapy, and cell therapy are no longer useful alone. Objectives: We explore visual prosthetics as an…

Ronald Alek Sperry Backgound: Corneal neovascularization is a condition characterized by ingrowth of blood vessels into the corneal tissue. Currently, treatment is progression-dependent because immature blood vessels depend on growth factors for proliferation while established blood vessels do not. This dictates that treatment be aimed at either the removal of…

Ashutosh Tripathy Background: Retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disease, causes deterioration of light-sensing cells in the retina, which leads to night vision loss, peripheral vision, and visual sharpness. The cure for this disease poses challenges in developing gene therapies. Optogenetics offers a solution by replacing faulty rhodopsin molecules and introducing…