Eye and Vision

Ophthalmic Genetics

Ophthalmic genetics includes determination of patterns and risks of inheritance and development of treatments for genetic diseases. Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children worldwide and results in a well-recognized ocular phenotype. It is also includes the several technique in correcting the defective gene by using application of biotechnology techniques such as gene therapy. Ophthalmic genetics or ophthalmic gene therapy can process through by following methods like ocular gene transfer methods. They have been several diseases which have been cured by gene therapy like retinitis pigmentosa and ARMD.