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Foundation News
Dr. Kelley brings more than 25 years of experience in developing, identifying, and advancing life science technologies to this leadership role at FFB
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Foundation News
The Foundation Fighting Blindness (the Foundation) and CheckedUp have formed a collaborative partnership to deliver patient-friendly diagnostic and disease-management information to people with retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and Stargardt disease during their visits to eye doctors.
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ARVO 2018: Dr. Henry Klassen Provides Update on jCyte Stem Cell Trials
Research NewsDr. Henry Klassen, jCyte co-founder and investigator at UC Irvine, provides an update on the clinical trials for an RP therapy derived from stem cells.
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Study Suggests Vitamin A May Benefit Children with RP
Research NewsAn FFB-funded study at Massachusetts Eye andEar Infirmary (MEEI) suggests that vitamin A palmitate supplementation may slow the decline of cone function by nearly 50 percent in children with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
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Researchers Find Mutation as Frequent Cause of RP in American Hispanics
Research NewsThe discovery can help genetic experts diagnose more patients with adRP, and it gives researchers a target for developing potential therapies.
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Research News
At VISIONS 2016, FFB’s national conference, the Foundation honored him with its Ed Gollob Board of Directors Award for breakthrough research conducted within the past year.
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Beacon Stories
An interview with Louis Posen, record label founder and retinitis pigmentosa patient.
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Lighting a Candle: The Author of a New Memoir Shares the Highs and Lows of Vision Loss
Beacon StoriesNicole Simpson, author of “Now I See You,” shares her experience with retinitis pigmentosa.
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Just How Tricky Halloween Can Be
Beacon StoriesFor those with night blindness, a symptom of many retinal diseases, most notably retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, navigating a trick-or-treating throng can be, well, a nightmare.
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Alice Bartlett – Back on That Horse
Beacon StoriesHis name is Battle. He’s an Arabian, stands more than 15 hands (or 5 feet) tall and weighs 1,000 pounds. He’s been with Alice Bartlett since his birth 26 years ago, and she’s been riding him since he was 2.
Alice, by the way, is legally blind.
