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By Jennifer Jones, President and CEO, Fighting Blindness Canada The uncertainty surrounding tariffs and research funding cuts in the United States is sending shockwaves through the global scientific community. The U.S. has…
Read More about Protecting Vision Research in the Face of Potential U.S. Cutbacks
Ultimately, Dr. Sharon Qiu hopes her research project will not only enhance patient comfort, but help prolong the health of the cornea. Dr. Qiu, a trained optometrist who is currently completing her…
Read More about Dr. Sharon Qiu: Improving Patient Outcomes
Once a retinal cell dies, it is lost forever. This is why retinal cell death plays a key role in the main causes of blindness. And this is why Dr. Pierre Mattar’s…
Read More about Dr. Pierre Mattar: Advancing Our Understanding of Retinal Degeneration and Glaucoma
Dr. Matthew Benson, University of Alberta, is one of the recipients of the 2024 Fighting Blindness Canada Research Grant. The goal of his project—Exploring the Role of Peroxisomes in Lipid Homeostasis in…
Read More about Dr. Matthew Benson: Developing Therapies
February 28 is Rare Disease Day. In recognition of the day, Fighting Blindness Canada is raising awareness to drive change for those with rare diseases, including an inherited retinal disease (IRD). New…
Read More about Rare Disease Day: An Update on Inherited Retinal Disease Research
January is Glaucoma Month, and Fighting Blindness Canada connected with Dr. Delan Jinapriya, a glaucoma specialist and the medical director of the Galen Eye Institute, Queen’s University, and asked him to answer…
Read More about Glaucoma: Ask an ExpertJoin the Fight!
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