Steroidogenesis -STGI- Announces Georgetown University Study To Prevent Retinitis Pigmentosa -RP- In Mice Is Progressing
LAS VEGAS--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 29, 1999--Dr. Alfred T. Sapse, President and CEO of Steroidogenesis Inhibitors International (OTCBB:STGI), received the information from V. Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Pharm.D. Professor - Dept. of Cell Biology at Georgetown University that the Retinitis Pigmentosa Project initiated in March of this year is now moving forward. In most experimental studies using animals, some problems arise in the initial phases. As a positive step forward, those problems have been resolved.
The study, officially called "Effect of ANTICORT(TM) on Transgenic Mice Expressing a Mutated Opsin Gene, Stimulating Retinitis Pigmentosa(RP)," is an attempt to prevent Retinitis Pigmentosa genetically induced in mice by techniques developed by Wolfgang Baehr, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, Michael Wynn Center for Inherited Retinal Degeneration, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah.
The transgenic mice developed by Dr. Baehr were shipped to Georgetown University, and are now being treated with ANTICORT(TM) in an attempt to prevent their litters from developing the genetically inherited RP. The study should progress rapidly from this point forward, given no unforeseen circumstances.
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a term encompassing a group of hereditary retinal degenerations, evolving from night blindness in adolescence to progressive loss of peripheral or central vision after the age of 50, i.e. central or peripheral blindness. In the U.S. there are about 300,000 people suffering various forms of RP. There is no known treatment of this disease.
STGI is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the field of developing anti-cortisol drugs intended for the treatment of diseases associated with elevated levels of cortisol, aging, cancers, and Alzheimer's included.
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