Novel Treatments and Technologies for Retinal Diseases
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 6658
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Ophthalmology, Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, Orlando, FL 34787, USA
3. Aviceda Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Interests: age related macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; retinal degeneration; innate immune modulation; glyobiology; glyco-mimetic therapeutics; nanoparticles; non-viral/viral gene therapy; RNA interference; artificial intelligence; imaging biomarker; neuroprotection; clinical trials; ocular drug delivery; regenerative medicine; complement; macrophage; microglia; anti-VEGF
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in the pathophysiologic understanding, imaging biomarkers, artificial intelligence and clinical trial design of retinal diseases combined with technological advancements in aptamer antagonists, non-viral/viral gene-therapy, RNA interference, high affinity antibodies, receptor traps, and nanoparticle glyco-mimetics have led to several FDA-approved therapies for formerly unmet medical needs. These FDA approvals combined with the prevalence of these retinal diseases have led to an increase in the research interest in retinal diseases. The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a snapshot of all aspects of these advancements from basic science to the identification of pathogenic molecular targets, the development of novel classes of therapeutics, the development of clinically relevant pre-clinical models, the use of artificial intelligence to determine when and how we use these novel therapeutics, and the validation of new FDA-approved endpoints. We aim for a focused yet comprehensive Special Issue.
Dr. Michael John Tolentino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- age-related macular degeneration
- diabetic retinopathy
- retinal degeneration
- novel therapeutics
- imaging biomarkers
- artificial intelligence
- clinical trials
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