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Patient Registries Help Advance Research for Rare Diseases
Research NewsMany registries enable patients to collect and track information about their health, so they can take an active role in managing their care.
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In Memoriam: Dr. Alan Laties – Early Leader in Retinal Research
Beacon StoriesAlan M. Laties, MD, passed away on Sunday, December 26 at the age of 90.
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To Treat an Inherited Retinal Disease, It's Good to Know Exactly What's Wrong with the Gene
Research NewsIdentifying mutations cannot only help deliver a prognosis for a patient, it can direct them to clinical trials for therapies to save their vision.
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Grow Your Own: Harnessing Muller Glia for Retinal Regeneration
Research NewsThere’s hope for retinal regeneration for humans, thanks to Foundation-funded researcher Dr. Thomas Reh, who is investigating how to derive new photoreceptors from retinal cells called Muller glia.
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Vision Testing and Retinal Imaging in Clinical Trials: What Patients Can Expect
Research NewsBecause measuring changes is not always easy, people in clinical trials often undergo a number of different tests over one or several years. It can be challenging for the patient, but is necessary to determine if a treatment is working.
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Eric Pierce Receives Proctor Medal for Outstanding Achievements in Retinal Research
Research NewsDuring his Proctor Award Lecture, Dr. Pierce reviewed encouraging clinical trial results for Editas’ CRISPR/Cas9 treatment for people with LCA10
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Iveric Bio’s Therapy Slows Retinal Degeneration in Phase 2b Trial for Dry AMD
Research NewsZimura inhibits a complement protein known as C5, a component of the immune system that, when overactive, can cause retinal degeneration.
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FFB Funding Helps Retinal Genetics Lab Secure $2 Million Investment
Research NewsHow the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) provided timely funding of $155,000 to help a lab at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), leverage a $2 million retinal-gene discovery project.
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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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VISIONS 2024, the national conference of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, is a one-of-a-kind event in which individuals who are visually impaired, and their families, have the opportunity to hear about exciting advancements in blindness research.
