Profile An audacious goal: A collaboration to cure blindness with retinal cell transplants Read about HWNI faculty member Teresa Puthussery’s research, and what motivates her and her team.Rachel HendersonFebruary 3, 2023
Announcement Groundbreaking collaborative research program will explore common characteristics of glaucoma, Alzheimer’s HWNI member Karthik Shekhar is one of four investigators collaborating on this new initiative.KailyssJuly 28, 2022
Research Discovery Success treating night blindness in dogs could lead to human gene therapy HWNI member John Flannery and Neuroscience PhD alum Leah Byrne are co-authors on the study.KailyssMarch 25, 2022
Research Discovery Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders The Kramer lab and collaborators found that the drug improves vision in vision-impaired mice.KailyssMarch 23, 2022
Announcement David Schaffer elected to National Academy of Inventors Congratulations to HWNI faculty member David Schaffer!barbaraDecember 14, 2021
Announcement Puthussery awarded funding from the National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative HWNI member Teresa Puthussery is part of a new project to accelerate photoreceptor replacement therapy.barbaraOctober 20, 2021
Berkeley Neuroscience in the News UC Berkeley gene therapy helps blind mice gain sight, could be used to cure blindness A team of scientists at UC Berkeley used a breakthrough gene therapy to help blind mice gain…Cari IrwinMarch 17, 2019
Research Discovery With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight It was surprisingly simple. University of California, Berkeley, scientists inserted a gene for a green-light…Cari IrwinMarch 15, 2019
Profile Repairing the Retina A mouse, soaking wet, is scooped up in the warm hands of a researcher. It…barbaraFebruary 15, 2018