Ann Morris

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Abstract Purpose: Degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa slowly deteriorate vision, ultimately leading to blindness. Current research with laboratory animal models largely utilizes small mammals that are nocturnal and lack the ability to restore lost vision. In contrast, the Mongolian gerbil is a diurnal rodent with good photopic vision, and the eastern spiny mouse is a small desert-dwelling rodent with remarkable regenerative capabilities.

1 Introduction Hereditary retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a condition leading to photoreceptor degeneration that affects approximately 1/3,000 to 1/7,000 people worldwide, commonly resulting in severe visual loss and, eventually, blindness (O'Neal and Luther. 2022; Wright et al., 2010). It is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous progressive disease of the retina (Sahel et al., 2014). X-linked RP (XLRP) is one of the most severe forms.