Developing #EV #exosome therapeutics for #AMD #DiabeticR #RDegeneration @USCEye Lead by Sun Young Lee, MD, PhD.
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18 Dec 2025
news.keckmedicine.org/can-a-… An important step forward in developing cell–based therapies for advanced age-related macular degeneration. While much work remains, this milestone allows us to test safety and the potential to improve vision. The clinical trial is now actively recruiting.
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5 Jun 2025
USC medical student Susan Kishi, who has been conducting her research in @LeeRetinaLab recently was received two prestigious honors:
Quia Memorial Travel Grant from 2025 ARVO, and 2025 AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Susan!
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29 May 2025
Good lesson often comes from the patient care! Nice work @victoriaywang @LeeRetinaLab #USC #Roskieye
28 May 2025
Large Macular Hemorrhage in Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
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19 Dec 2024
@LeeRetinaLab was grateful to join the NEI EV workshop. We hope this report can serve as a catalyst for advancing EV vision research! Figure credit @DimitriosPoll
18 Dec 2024
Just published: A perspective from the @NatEyeInstitute Extracellular Vesicle Workshop: Gaps, needs, and opportunities for studies of extracellular vesicles in vision research.
Take a read!
@IsevOrg Journal of Extracellular Vesicles: bit.ly/4gDHOHj
ALT Illustration created with Biorender. Acknowledgements: Andries Zijlstra References Zhou, E., et al. (2021). Circulating extracellular vesicles are effective biomarkers for predicting response to cancer therapy. EBioMedicine, 67:103365. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103365.
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14 Dec 2024
Pretty cool wrapping up!
13 Dec 2024
Wrapping up 2024, we celebrate all the exciting scientific and personal accomplishments of the group members during this year. Happy Holiday season to all our friends and colleagues!
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30 Oct 2024
An eye on extracellular vesicles: Trends and clinical translations in vision research
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Retinal ganglion cell circuits and glial interactions in humans and mice: cell.com/trends/neuroscience…
"This review details which RGC and glial features are conserved between mice, humans, and primates, and which differ."
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15 Sep 2024
Pairing science & beer !
13 Sep 2024
Join our Emerging Vision Scientists Poster Reception:
🕔 9/16 - 5:00-7:00 PM
📍 Rayburn Office Building Courtyard
This event features early-career vision scientists presenting their cutting-edge research.
RSVP REQUIRED: events@eyeresearch.org
Thank you our sponsor @RPB_org!
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5 Sep 2024
Looking forward to #ISEV2025 meeting in Vienna! Anyone studying EVs or interested in EV research should definitely join. The deadline to submit your abstract is November 3. highly informative educational courses on EV.
🎼 Early registration and abstract submission for #ISEV2025 are now open!
Abstract submission: buff.ly/4e8W0Xu
Registration: buff.ly/4cYmiKW
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15 Aug 2024
🆕New in #JEV🆕Biopotency and surrogate assays to validate the immunomodulatory potency of extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem/stromal cells for the treatment of experimental autoimmune uveitis. isevjournals.onlinelibrary.w…
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22 Jun 2024
“Goodbye to my favorite student, Clarisa” says Clarisa . Please every PD, watch out for her 🤭- @ClarisaMarieMed
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9 May 2024
#ARVO2024 As always, after so much learning, discussing, hugging, laughing, and coffee ☕️, it’s time to say bye. See you next year @ARVOinfo in Salt Lake City! @LeeRetinaLab @USCEye
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15 Apr 2024
MicroRNAs cargo of extracellular vesicle #EV is regulated before being secreated from RPE cells! Another step forward to ocular EV therapeutics. @LeeRetinaLab
1 Apr 2024
Dynamics of MicroRNA Secreted via Extracellular Vesicles During the Maturation of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_molbio
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15 Apr 2024
Could extracellular vesicle therapy restore functionality of dysfunctional RPE cell? Our recent work @LeeRetinaLab answers it! #RPE #Retina
13 Apr 2024
Rescuing Photoreceptors in RPE Dysfunction-Driven Retinal Degeneration: The Role of Small Extracellular Vesicles Secreted from ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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13 Apr 2024
@ClarisaMarieMed made our day today receiving the Oliver Goldsmith scholarship 💰AND the best podium award at her school. But what really got us was seeing her choose bench research with little experience. It took many hours of driving coming to the lab and trouble shooting!
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11 Apr 2024
It seems like just yesterday when we met for the first time 👀👁️🤓
10 Apr 2024
Despite taking different paths, former USC classmates Sun Young Lee and Benjamin Xu returned to @USCEye as faculty and achieved success by securing @NIH research grants simultaneously in 2024. Their research promises impactful discoveries in eye health. keck.usc.edu/news/double-vic…
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13 Mar 2024
Are you interested in developing extracellular vesicle therapeutics - vision research? We hope our current work flow can be helpful!
12 Mar 2024
Sun Young Lee et al. @USCEye describe the isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles through orthogonal approaches for the development of intraocular EV therapy.
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