EyeconX Ideas! - Potential Target For Treatment Of Retinitis Pigmentosa http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=potential-target-for-treatment-of-retinitis-pigmentosa Research conducted at the Angiogenesis Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, has for the first time, identified the mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in an animal model of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This groundbreaking study, led by Demetrios G. Vavvas, M.D., Ph.D., and including Joan W. Miller, M.D., Mass. Eye and Ear/Mass General Hospital Chief of Ophthalmology and Chair of ... Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:42:09 EDT en