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FFB Congratulates RPE65 Gene Therapy Researchers for Champalimaud Award
Research NewsOn September 4, 2018, seven researchers, including six previously funded by the Foundation, were recognized with the prestigious 2018 Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award for their contributions to the advancement of blindness-reversing RPE65 gene therapies.
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Vision Improvements Reported in Early Stem Cell Trial for Wet AMD
Research NewsTwo patients with advanced wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Phase I clinical trial demonstrated improved visual acuity sustained for one year after a sheet of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells derived from embryonic stem cells was transplanted under their retinas. Each patient had one eye treated. Vision improvement for one patient was 29 letters or about 6 lines on an eye chart. The other had a gain of 21 letters or about 4 lines.
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Choroideremia Gene Therapy Moves into Phase 3 Human Study
Research NewsNightstar Therapeutics, a retinal-disease, gene-therapy development company in the UK, is advancing its emerging gene therapy for choroideremia into a Phase 3 clinical trial known as STAR. The study will enroll approximately 140 patients at 18 clinical sites in the US, Europe, Canada, and South America.
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Beacon Stories
“I try not to get my hopes up too much, but I never lose hope; I’m determined. I just want to see my son’s face, see him get married, & see my grandchildren. I encourage everyone with a retinal disease to get a genetic test & to never ever give up hope.“
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Fighting Blindness Gets Sheepish
Research NewsResearchers in Israel are developing a gene therapy for achromatopsia that may help both sheep and humans alike.
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ARVO 2016: ProgSTAR, FFB-CRI's Stargardt Disease Patient Study, Highlighted
Research NewsWhen the study and the reports are completed, the ProgSTAR database will be made available to researchers and companies developing therapies.
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Gene Therapy Strengthens the Retina's Connection to the Brain
Research NewsWhat happens to the brain when the eye is enabled to see through gene therapy? Would the brain and eye restart their partnership? We now know the answer is yes.
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ARVO 2014: European Collaboration Developing Cross-Cutting, Vision-Saving Therapies
Research NewsSimply put, they’re creating therapies that can save vision in as many people as possible, independent of the genetic cause of disease.
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Turning Stem Cells Into "Super" Models
Research NewsScientists have found a way to take a small skin or blood sample from a patient, turn back the clock on those sample cells so they become stem cells, and then coax them forward to become photoreceptors, or any other cell type in the body.
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The Foundation's 5 Most Asked Questions About Clinical Trials
Research NewsWhat you need to know (and what to expect) about clinical trials.
