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Vision health is so important, yet we know how difficult it is to find answers to your vision questions. Who should you ask, where, when and how? Should you see a retinal…
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“When I was younger, I never really read about Usher syndrome, I did not want to have anything to do with it.” Until recently, Laura Bingenheimer mostly ignored the fact that she was living…
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Tiny zebrafish could reveal the key to effective cell transplantation. The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a thin layer of cells that covers the back of the retina and is crucial for…
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Does your child have an inherited eye disease? If you had the chance, would you enrol her or him in a clinical trial that was testing a new gene therapy or stem…
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Turning research into treatments takes a long time. Some studies have estimated that approximately 14% of new discoveries make it into the clinic, and that this journey from the laboratory into the…
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We only invest in the best research. But how do we choose? How do we predict which research project is the most promising hope for the future? The answer is peer review—a tried…
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