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Bikash Pattnaik

UW-Madison Scientist Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Explore New Therapies in the Fight Against Blindness

Posted on April 9, 2025

A University of Wisconsin vision scientist has been awarded a prestigious global fellowship to investigate new therapies for rare inherited blindness. Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, MPHIL, has been named a 2025-2028 VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) fellow …

Posted in News, Research NewsTagged Bikash Pattnaik, global ophthalmology, research

Teaming Up for Gene Therapy

Posted on August 22, 2021

*This article originally appeared in the McPherson Eye Research Institute Summer 2021 InSights Newsletter Millions of Americans currently battle inherited visual disorders, armed with very few therapeutic options. Recent advances in genome editing, which many believe …

Posted in Genetics, Gong Lab, NewsTagged Bikash Pattnaik, CRISPR, David Gamm, gene therapy, Kris Saha, McPherson Eye Research Institute, Sarah Gong

DOVS Researchers Develop New Therapies for Retinal Disorders

Posted on February 15, 2021

Using a nucleic acid-based therapy to target genetic mutations, eye researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Iowa will develop and test a new therapy for restoring vision in children and adults with …

Posted in NewsTagged ace-tRNA, Bikash Pattnaik, clinical trials, David Gamm, Inherited retinal disorders, Nucleic acids

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