PROAGERET: Protection against ageing in the retina

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 02.0149

Key words (English)

Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLK6-CT-2001-00385

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.6 The ageing population and disabilities

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

In the ageing population, morbidity from blinding retinal neurodegenerations represents the most feared limitation of quality of life. The predominant causes of blindness, e.g. glaucoma, ischemic diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration, occur as a consequence of both specific and common pathways leading to retinal cell, mainly neuronal, loss.

The global objective of PRO-AGE-RET is therefore the development of therapeutic strategies aiming at blocking the cell death process occurring in these retinal pathologies. The scientific and technical objectives of the PRO-AGE-RET project are to identify and characterise factors and mechanisms involved in retinal degeneration as a basis for the development of rational therapeutic approaches; to design methods for therapeutic intervention; and, as a perquisite, to further develop models for retinal degeneration.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 02.0149