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Gareth D Mercer1, Brian G Ballios1, Peter J Kertes2
1Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
|July 30, 2025
Abstract:
Optogenetics and bioelectronic retinal implants are two gene agnostic treatment strategies that rely on the fact that cells of the inner retina (bipolar and retinal ganglion cells) tend to remain functional until late in IRD pathogenesis and can, therefore, be harnessed to restore vision.

