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Apr 21, 2023
Statement from Jason Menzo about Lyft's Refusal to Accept Rider with Guide Dog.
As CEO of an organization committed to those impacted by vision loss, it is disheartening there is still discrimination against visually impaired riders who use ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft.
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Apr 14, 2023
Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 44: Jason Taylor
April 14, 2023. Electronica musician and composer Jason Taylor, aka Aether, talks with podcast host Ben Shaberman about his craft, inspirations, and how vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa has influenced his work. Jason’s ambient, ethereal music has been featured in a variety of popular video games including: viewfinder, mythwrecked: ambrosia island, Rocket League, and Kingdoms and Castles. He has a new EP out called Moonstone. Learn more at aetheraudio.co.uk and @atheraudio.
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Mar 31, 2023
Eye on the Cure Podcast - Episode 43: Marinna Madrid, PhD
March 31, 2023. Marinna Madrid, PhD, co-founder and chief product officer at Cellino, talks about her groundbreaking work in developing lasers as a doctoral student and her company’s innovative approach for manufacturing personalized cell-based therapies including those for retinal diseases.
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Mar 10, 2023
Eye on the Cure Podcast – Episode 42: Paul Bresge
March 10, 2023. Paul Bresge, chief executive officer at Ray Therapeutics, talks to host Ben Shaberman about his company’s emerging optogenetic therapy for restoring vision to people with advanced forms of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Stargardt disease, and geographic atrophy (advanced dry age-related macular degeneration).
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Mar 2, 2023
The May 11th gala will raise awareness and fund research leading to treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases.
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Feb 28, 2023
RD Fund Appoints Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, MMS to Board of Directors
Ophthalmology visionary Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, MMS, to join RD Fund’s Board.
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Feb 24, 2023
Recording Available: Foundation Insights Forum – February 16, 2023
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is pleased to provide a recording and full transcript of the Insights Forum, our quarterly conference call providing updates to the inherited retinal disease community. The call took place on February 16, 2023.
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Feb 23, 2023
Eye on the Cure Podcast – Episode 41: Dean Bok, PhD
February 24, 2023. Dean Bok, PhD, a distinguished professor and renowned researcher at UCLA, talks with host Ben Shaberman about his pivotal discovery in the late 1960s of the daily renewal process for photoreceptors in the retina and other early, groundbreaking discoveries about retinal diseases.
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Feb 21, 2023
Foundation Fighting Blindness to Host their Spring VisionWalks
These VisionWalk events taking place this spring will raise awareness and fund research finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases.
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Feb 13, 2023
The Foundation Makes an Impact on Retinal Research
The Foundation Fighting Blindness’ long-term impact on moving the inherited retinal disease field forward towards treatments and cures.