GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:AGTC), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare eye diseases, today announced that Guo-jie Ye, Ph. D., Director, Research and Pre-Clinical Studies, will present preclinical data related to the company's achromatopsia gene therapy program in an oral session at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting. ARVO will take place from May 4 – 8, 2014, at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fl.
Presentation Details
Sunday, May 4, 4:30PM | Location: Orlando Convention Center – S 320AB
Development and Evaluation of Cone-Specific Promoters in Non-human Primates for Gene Therapy of Congenital Cone Diseases Including Achromatopsia
Guo-jie Ye; Ewa Budzynski; Peter Sonnentag; Michael Nork; Nader Sheibani; Sanford L. Boye; William W. Hauswirth; Jeffrey D. Chulay
About AGTC
AGTC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that uses its proprietary gene therapy platform to develop products designed to transform the lives of patients with severe inherited orphan diseases in ophthalmology. AGTC's lead product candidates, which are each in the preclinical stage, focus on X-linked retinoschisis, achromatopsia and X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, which are rare diseases of the eye, caused by mutations in single genes, that significantly affect visual function and currently lack effective medical treatments.