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ARVO 2015 Highlight: New Research Boosts Prospects for Saving Vision with RdCVF
Research NewsAfter years of refinement and testing in animal models, the emerging therapy is about a year and a half from moving into a clinical trial.
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ARVO 2015 Highlight: A Cut-and-Paste Approach to Fixing Retinal-Disease Genes
Research NewsOne of the hot topics at ARVO this year is a rapidly advancing gene-therapy approach called clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or CRISPR.
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Beacon Stories
An interview with Louis Posen, record label founder and retinitis pigmentosa patient.
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Need-to-Know Information about Clinical Trials
Research NewsA primer on what you can expect from clinical trials.
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Beacon Stories
People with retinal disease describe their experiences “not looking blind.”
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CME — What It Is, and Why People with Retinal Diseases Should Know About It
Research NewsDr. Gerald Fishman discusses cystoid macular edema (CME), a potentially damaging accumulation of fluid in the retina affecting up to 32 percent of people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
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A Stem-Cells Video for Kids (and Newbies of All Ages)
Research NewsBiology and genetics can be difficult to understand for even an educated adult, so when something kid-friendly is produced, especially a video, we are eager to share it.
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Low-Hanging Fruit: Repurposing Drugs to Treat Retinal Diseases
Research NewsBecause repurposing relies on prior research and clinical data, it reduces the cost and time needed to establish a new therapeutic application for the drug.
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Changing Someone’s Life: A New Video Emphasizes the Need to Support FFB’s Mission
Beacon StoriesAllison Corona is one of 40 people with Leber congenital amaurosis who’ve benefitted from a gene therapy clinical trial.
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Genetics 101: How Some Retinal Diseases are Inherited
Research NewsTo understand heredity, you have to know a little about genetics. Below is a review of the three major genetic-disease inheritance patterns.
