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Three Researchers
Sep 15, 2015

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…

Read More about Building Better Vision Care Pathways
Laura Bingenheimer
Sep 14, 2015

“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…

Read More about Usher Brightness
Zebrafish
Aug 20, 2015

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…

Read More about Fish Eyes May Solve The Mystery
Tania Bubela
Aug 17, 2015

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…

Read More about Are Clinical Trials Safe for Children?
Robert Gendron
Jul 14, 2015

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…

Read More about Three-year FBC Grant Ends With New Discovery
Research
Jun 22, 2015

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…

Read More about Investing In The Best: Our 2015 Operating Grant Winners

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