Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)

START therapy is a bold plan to treat inherited blinding eye disease with an eye drop. Here at Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC), we are excited about the research that Dr. Cheryl Gregory-Evans…

Every day, my research is focused on developing an effective treatment for the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Recently, we made an alarming discovery: the SAME drug makes some genetic forms of…

Last year was full of remarkable developments in vision science. Important discoveries in stem cell biology filled in key knowledge gaps, while advancements in gene therapy moved optogenetics from the realm of…

“Discover Your Path” was the theme of FBC’s Vision Quest educational events in 2016. We visited four Canadian cities, hosted seven different events, and got to meet more than 750 attendees, clinicians,…