Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations
1814Our Center aims to provide better sight for people living with inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) such as retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, Leber congenital amaurosis, blue cone monochromacy, choroideremia and many others. Co-director Dr. Aleman provides clinical care to IRD patients who carry the burden of progressive vision loss that is currently not treatable. Co-directors Dr. Cideciyan and Dr. Aleman perform world-class research in clinical trials and in the laboratory to make progress towards treatments.
New 2026 Publication
Our most recent publication demonstrates a comprehensive cross-species characterization of the PRCD-associated autosomal recessive retinal disease, highlighting the importance of using PRCD-mutant dogs as robust translation models for identifying key features of the human disease.
PRCD-associated retinitis pigmentosa in dogs and humans. Dufour VL, Sato Y, Sumaroka A, Sudharsan R, Banin E, Yu Y, Ripolles-Garcia A, Kwok JC, ALEMAN TS, Ying GS, Sharon D, CIDECIYAN AV, Beltran WA, Aguirre GD. Exp Eye Res. 269:111045, 2026. [PubMed] [DOI]