Rob Relyea (Stargardtians)

Advocate for Stargardtians - Sharing retina research advances, focused on Stargardt disease. #stargardt. By @rrelyea

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Really enjoyed this new podcast episode with @quailty.
Three great segments. About his book about a country of all blind people. The history of braille. And living with low vision.

https://t.co/JtgPU0e9tk

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

And @FightBlindness’ post about it: https://t.co/jOXnoRZXey

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Great news for people with age related macular degeneration. First FDA approved therapy for people living with geographic atrophy.

[Apellis Pharma @ApellisPharma]

We are thrilled to announce the FDA has approved the first-ever therapy for people living with #GeographicAtrophy (GA).

GA is an irreversible and progressive retinal disease that impacts over a million people in the U.S.

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

5 years ago, I started tweeting additionally as @stargardtp focused on stargardtians and research advances for therapies and cures. Still much work to do! #abca4 #stargardt

[Frank Vinluan @frankvinluan]

Ascidian’s lead program addresses mutations of the #ABCA4 gene that lead to inherited eye disorders such as #Stargardtdisease, a genetically driven form of vision loss with no FDA-approved therapies.

[Medical Xpress @medical_xpress]

Researchers home in on a new cause of Stargardt disease @ISSCR https://t.co/EzILjkjjMz https://t.co/YMacnidX9P

[NEI @NatEyeInstitute]

Stargardt disease causes increasing loss of central and night vision. Researchers from our intramural program developed a model to better understand Stargardt and to develop treatments for it. Read more: https://t.co/e0CJQlvAwn
#NEIResearchNews

[Foundation Fighting Blindness @FightBlindness]

In this week's #EyeOnTheCurePodcast episode, host Ben chats with Rando Allikmets, PhD, from @Columbia, about his remarkable and serendipitous discovery more than two decades ago of #ABCA4, the gene associated with #Stargardt disease. https://t.co/JtOlHLgZbB

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Believe this is about crispr-cas9 based study and lca10. Hopefully there are lessons to learn from the bad results?

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Not sure why this wasn’t tweeted by @NatEyeInstitute yet… I got the link via an email newsletter from NEI that you can subscribe to via:
https://t.co/5UD5iUQL5s
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[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Stargardt research progress. Human model.

https://t.co/kfV6utxtF0

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

"1st report where loss of ABCA4 function in human RPE has been associated with intracellular lipid deposits in those cells, w/o exposure to ABCA4 mutant photoreceptor outer segments. Over time, these lipid deposits may contribute to RPE atrophy => photoreceptor degeneration."
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[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Promising pre-print of non-viral gene therapy for abca4 in mice - stargardt.

https://t.co/8fO02wTBOU

[Gund Vision Fund (formerly RD Fund) @GundVisionFund]

@belite_bio submits an IND application to the FDA to support Phase 3 development of LBS-008, the Company’s orally administered treatment for #Stargardt Disease (STGD1).
Article: https://t.co/jdhXvCCxlg
#ClinicalTrials #Ophthalmology

[Gund Vision Fund (formerly RD Fund) @GundVisionFund]

@Nanoscope's MCO-010 clinical trial offers hope for patients with #Stargardt macular degeneration. Patients with severe #visionloss typically lack sufficient light-sensing photoreceptor neurons needed to qualify for experimental ABCA4 #therapies.
Story: https://t.co/BgAy6VOyko

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Didn't realize that it takes so long to get a service dog!

https://t.co/dkjZ2VHJhi

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

Covid testing help for visually impaired:

[Assistant Secretary for Health @HHS_ASH]

Testing for #COVID19 can be challenging for those that are visually impaired. The Administration launched a new initiative to distribute free, accessible home tests to those who are blind or have low vision. The tests use an app to provide audible results
https://t.co/WaTbHal7BR

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

@TaylorR66227223 Might want to connect with Jacksonville or Orlando chapters of @FightBlindness

https://t.co/1TDiGyc72h

[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

I'm building a clinical trial viewer/search tool for a variety of uses. If this is interesting to you, follow my other account: @rrelyea ...and get in touch.

Link to an example with a prebuilt list of retinal conditional search terms: https://t.co/YkglSupPWG

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[Rob Relyea (Stargardtians) @StargardtP]

@MelitaKaltak Thanks Melina. Looking forward to getting an update on your progress!