Author Archives for Lea Scheppke

Phase 3 NT-501 Trial

August 27, 2018 11:03 am Published by Lea Scheppke

CNTF-Secreting Cells for Treatment of MacTel Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, with support from the Lowy Medical Research Institute, is testing the safety... View Article

Genetic penetrance of macular telangiectasia type 2

August 9, 2018 9:42 am Published by Lea Scheppke

Cecinio C. Ronquillo, Kimberley Wegner, Charles M. Calvo, Paul S. Bernstein. JAMA Ophthalmology, 09 August 2018. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.3283

Retinal-choroidal anastomosis in macular telangiectasia type 2

August 8, 2018 1:59 pm Published by Lea Scheppke

Spaide, Richard F., Yannuzzi, Lawrence A., Maloca, Peter M.  Retina, 08 August 2018.  doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002289

Christian Metallo, PhD

August 3, 2018 12:37 pm Published by Lea Scheppke

Dr. Metallo is exploring the role of metabolic dysregulation in MacTel. Genetics and metabolomics studies have indicated that some MacTel... View Article

Aaron Lee, MD

August 3, 2018 12:19 pm Published by Lea Scheppke

The Lee Lab at the University of Washington specializes in next-generation computer techniques in the fields of Big Data, Machine... View Article

Timothy Cherry, PhD

August 3, 2018 12:00 pm Published by Lea Scheppke

Genome-wide association studies of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) show the strongest genetic linkage to a critical non-coding region within... View Article

Lois Smith, MD, PhD

August 3, 2018 11:45 am Published by Lea Scheppke

Lois E. H. Smith M.D., Ph.D. is an ophthalmologist and clinician/scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Ophthalmology at... View Article

Contrast sensitivity and visual acuity under low light conditions in macular telangiectasia type 2

June 1, 2018 9:31 am Published by Lea Scheppke

Simone Müller, Tjebo F C Heeren, Roberto Bonelli, Marcus Fruttiger, Peter Charbel Issa, Catherine A Egan, Frank G Holz.  British Journal of Ophthalmology. 01 June 2018. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311785

LMRI 2018 Annual Meeting

May 6, 2018 3:08 pm Published by Lea Scheppke

The Lowy Medical Research Institute held its 2018 Annual Meeting in New York, NY on May 10-13 at the University Club of New York.  A summary of meeting highlights can be found in the MacTel Project newsletter.

Board of Scientific Governors Meeting

February 12, 2018 10:12 am Published by Lea Scheppke

February 9-11, 2018, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego.  Members of the Board of Scientific Governors, scientific collaborators, and Lowy Medical... View Article