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Oct 9, 2017
Beacon StoriesJoe Caruso, founder of FOCUS Wine Foundation, knows life both with and without the ability to see. His first memory is sitting in the waiting room with his mother at the Scheie Eye Institute in Philadelphia.
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May 16, 2017
Clinical Trial Authorized in the U.S. for Emerging LCA 10 Therapy
Research NewsProQR, a biotechnology company in the Netherlands, has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to start a Phase I/II clinical trial for its therapy known as QR-110
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Oct 11, 2016
Nobel-Prize-Winning Stem-Cell Researcher Delivers Keynote at FFB-Funded Conference in Kyoto
Research NewsDr. Shinya Yamanka discussed his early clinical trial for iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells for a 78-year-old woman with advanced wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Oct 6, 2016
Embrace Your Exceptions: A Mantra for Understanding Retinal-Disease Inheritance
Research NewsThe complex and elusive nature of these conditions can also extend to the way they are passed down in families, making diagnosis and prognosis quite challenging.
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Jul 21, 2016
Stem-Cell Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Safe Thus Far in Early Human Study
Research NewsThe trial is one of the first-ever for a stem-cell-derived therapy for RP.
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May 2, 2016
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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Dec 22, 2015
Retinal Researchers May Be Looking for You
Research NewsIf you have a heritable retinal disease, consider registering with My Retina Tracker, the Foundation’s free, secure and confidential registry for people with inherited retinal diseases.
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Apr 21, 2014
Flight4Sight: A Man with Usher Syndrome Travels Around the Globe
Beacon StoriesThere’s nothing like a sense of urgency to turn what seems like a crazy idea into reality.
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Oct 23, 2013
Research NewsWhat exactly is gene therapy, and how does it work?
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Aug 9, 2013
When a Condition is More than a Retinal Disease
Research NewsThe Foundation Fighting Blindness is, of course, all about finding treatments and cures for retinal degenerative diseases. However, we are well aware that many of our constituents and their families are dealing with more than just vision loss. That’s because genetic defects causing retinal conditions can sometimes affect other parts of the body. The result is conditions often referred to as syndromes.