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Documentation
Description:
Outer retinal disease is the most common cause of blindness in the UK. It can be caused by a variety of single gene defects, including conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa which often result in early onset blindness in childhood, whilst the risk of age related macular degeneration is caused by a variety of complex multigene defects causing visual loss in later life. Treatments are evolving for both diseases but the underlying pathogenesis and treatment of these diseases remains elusive. We have formed the biobank as a repository of fibroblasts (from skin and hair samples) from patients with a variety of retinal diseases that could then be used with induced pluripotent stem cell technology to investigate causes and new treatments for these conditions.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,England
Typical Age Range:
10-150
Provenance
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2011
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
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Data Controller:
Newcastle University
Usage
Resource Creators:
In Progress
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
In Progress