Research News

Barrie Honours his Late Wife with a Gift

For close to a decade Barrie Curtis and his wife Shirley were monthly donors, giving generously to support Fighting Blindness Canada’s (FBC’s) mission to fight blindness. Inspired by Shirley’s enthusiasm for vision…

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….

Everything You Need to Know About FBC’s Canada’s Patient Registry

Fill out the online form on our Patient Registry page to learn more about how you can enroll. Click here to download a printable version of this article/fact sheet: PDF/Word. The Patient…

Four Vision Research and Treatment Trends to Watch in 2018 [Facebook Live] (Video)

Watch our Facebook Session from January 25, where FBC’s Research and Education Team, Dr. Mary Sunderland and Dr. Chad Andrews, discussed four vision research and treatment trends to watch for in 2018!…

Four Vision Research and Treatment Trends to Watch in 2018

With the December 2017 announcement that the world’s first ocular gene therapy had received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there’s no doubt that 2017 was a landmark year…

First gene therapy for a blinding eye disease receives FDA approval

Today we are celebrating the FDA’s pathbreaking approval of Luxturna. We have been following the development of Luxturna closely. Today’s landmark FDA approval makes Luxturna the first gene therapy approved in the…

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