OGI Director Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD, received the David F. Weeks Award
April 27, 2026OGI Director Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD, received the David F. Weeks Award from Research to Prevent Blindness for his pioneering work in inherited retinal disease research and the advancement of genetic therapies... Read More
New publication from Hanmeng Zhang and Pierce lab colleagues.
April 15, 2026We identified oxidative DNA damage as a critical pathogenic mechanism in the Nmnat1-V9M model of inherited retinal disease. Therapeutic targeting of this damage preserves photoreceptors, and may extend to other genetically distinct retinal degenerations with similar mechanism. Read More