Achromatopsia

“I want to see my children’s faces.”

Story guest-authored by Julia Bonnett. I knew I was losing my sight. During college, I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease that progressively narrows my field of vision and leads…

Help Canadians Benefit from Stem-Cell Therapies – Sign the Petition

Since 2001, our friends at the Stem Cell Network (SCN) have been transforming stem cell research, bringing it closer to the clinic and marketplace. As the only national network of regenerative medicine…

Announcing the FBC’s Vision Care Pathways

Along with the brain, the eye is one of the human body’s most intricate components, an elaborate collection of parts working in tandem to do one thing: gather external light and focus…

$3.09 million in funding for blinding eye diseases is “a real success story for FBC”

When Dr. Michel Cayouette learned the astounding news that he had been awarded $3.09 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to support his research into blinding eye diseases for…

RNA Therapies for Inherited Retinal Diseases (IRDs)

I recently participated in a tremendously inspiring meeting, hosted by ProQR, which is a company that is creating new treatments for people living with rare diseases, including blinding eye diseases. ProQR specializes…

Why You Should be on the Patient Registry [Facebook Live] (Video)

Watch our Facebook Live Session from February 8, where Dr. Mary Sunderland talks about FBC’s Patient Registry and why you should be on it. CLICK HERE to view more Facebook Live videos….

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