One Step Closer To A “Smart” Stem Cell Therapy
Today, there are no approved stem-cell treatments for blinding eye diseases. Dr. Andras Nagy’s research is trying to solve this problem by developing a safe and “smart” stem-cell therapy. To do this,…
A Sight for Sore Eyes: Using Gene Therapy and Gene Editing to Treat Blindness
Story guest authored by Erik Fraunberger, a neuroscience graduate student at the Alberta Children’s Health Research Institute in Calgary, Alberta. We live in exciting times! With each passing day, we get one step closer…
A 30-year Partnership In Advancing The Science Of Vision
The video was created by Uwe Rafael Braun, Director/Editor, Atomic Cartoons Inc., and was made possible thanks to the generous support of Rob Simmons, Director of Finance and Business Affairs, Atomic Cartoons…
Top 10 Discoveries of 2015
In 2015, the Foundation invested in research to understand vision, preserve vision, and restore sight. All of the Foundation’s funded projects are “translational” research, which means that the long-term goal of each…
Usher Brightness
“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…
Fish Eyes May Solve The Mystery
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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