Discovery of a Cynomolgus Monkey Family With Retinitis Pigmentosa
Purpose: To accelerate the development of new therapies, an inherited retinal degeneration model in a nonhuman primate would be useful to confirm the efficacy in preclinical studies. In this study, we describe the discovery of retinitis pigmentosa in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) pedigree. Methods: First, screening with fundus photography was performed on 1443 monkeys at the […]