EyeGENE(R): a novel approach to combine clinical testing and researching genetic ocular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Molecular genetics is revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of inherited eye diseases. The National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in an effort to facilitate future basic and clinical research in inherited eye disease, created The National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping and Phenotyping Network (eyeGENE). This review describes the process and utility of the eyeGENE program as it relates to ophthalmic clinical practice.

Recent findings

Over the last few years, genetic testing of specific genes associated with inherited eye conditions is becoming the standard practice. Vision research and human clinical trials relying on molecular genetic testing of individuals with inherited eye conditions are becoming more common. Eye healthca

SUBMITTER: Goetz KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553426 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature