Advances in Gene Therapy for sight loss by Dr Jasleen Jolly

For our first live well with sight loss session we were joined by Dr Jasleen Jolly from the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge talked about the latest develops in Gene Technology for treating eye conditions.

00:00 – Start
00:56 – Dr Jasleen Jolly Intro
01:54 – Why is Gene Therapy Important
03:10 – Current UK Centres
03:49 – A Patients Experience
05:06 – Researching Treatment
09:48 – BBC News Report about Gene Therapy
12:43 – The Gene Therapy Triangle
13:22 – Surgery
14:25 – Measurement
14:27 – Measurment – Patterns of Visual Function
20:08 – Measurement – Imaging
23:06 – Measurement – Visual Field
26:48 – Measurement – Structure – Function Analysis
27:11 – Measurement – Brain Function
29:49 – Charles Bonnet Syndrome
32:01 – Questions and Answers
32:39 – Question – Glaucoma
35:32 – Question – Macular Degeneration
36:40 – Question – Charles Bonnet Study Volunteers
37:06 – Question – PXE
38:23 – Question – How to find out what the defect gene is in Stargardt disease
40:21 – Question – Recessive RP
42:25 – Question – Retinal Scaffold for RP
43:21 – Question – Electronic Eye Implants
43:59 – Question – Coloboma
45:16 – Question – What work is being done in other countries
46:51 – Question – The role of the Robotic Arm in Surgery
48:15 – Question – Transport Expenses for Charles Bonnet Study
48:41 – Wind up

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