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Blind YouTuber Finding His Spot in Life
Beacon StoriesYouTuber Sam Seavey was diagnosed with Stargardt disease when he was just 11 years old. Sam didn’t fully accept his visual impairments until his early 30s. Now he’s helping others through “The Blind Life,” which is currently the most extensive resource for assistive technology on the internet.
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The Clinical Trial That Opened His World
Beacon StoriesAfter decades of adapting to vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Manny Fernandez became one of the first people to receive an experimental gene therapy in a clinical trial. The experience not only restored a small part of his peripheral vision but also renewed his hope for the future and inspired him to encourage others to consider clinical trials, too.
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Funded Foundation Fighting Blindness Grants and Awards for Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024)
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Fascinating Facts About Retinal Cells
Research NewsThe retina is like a multi-layer cake, with each layer comprised of different types of cells, all playing important roles in retinal health and vision.
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Summary of the 11th Annual Retinal Therapeutics Innovation Summit
Research NewsThe 11th annual Retinal Therapeutics Innovation Summit featured 25 presentations from industry professionals worldwide and more than 400 attendees.
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Foundation Fighting Blindness Comments on Proposed NIH Reforms
Foundation NewsThe Foundation responds to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on the framework for reforming the National Institutes of Health
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Geographic Atrophy: The Advanced Form of Dry AMD
Research NewsGeographic atrophy causes significant central vision loss and remains an unmet medical need.
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To help spread awareness during October Blindness Awareness Month, we’re inviting you to share your vision-loss journey through written word, audio or video as a part of our October “Share Your Vision” campaign. Visit www.FightingBlindness.org/ShareYourVision to learn more.
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Beacon Stories
American Banker dubbed her as “the sharpest mind analyzing banking policy today – maybe ever.”
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The VISIONS Team is working hard to secure some of the world’s best researchers and clinicians in the field of retinal diseases to speak at VISIONS2018.
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