Top 10 Discoveries Driving the Race to Restore Sight in 2016
At the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) we are motivated by a singular goal: develop new treatments for blindness and vision loss. This goal fuels all of the research that we fund. Today,…
Watch Our Facebook Live Videos From The Vision Quest Toronto Retinal Disease Session
On November 4, 2016, we presented our Vision Quest educational session on retinal diseases to a live audience in Toronto. A panel of Canada’s top vision researchers discussed the latest advancements in…
Everything You Need To Know About Clinical Trials
What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials are experiments that test whether a new intervention, such as a drug or surgery, will work in people. The main goal of clinical trials is…
Stephanie Kowal on Ethical Communications
What do you want to know about clinical trials for your children? Clinical trials for gene and stem cell therapies for genetic eye diseases are underway. If these early phase trials are…
Pioneering Gene Therapy Trial for Blinding Eye Disease Shows Promising Long-Term Benefits
Will gene therapy be an effective treatment for blinding eye diseases? Many people who live with vision loss are waiting for an answer, while scientists and clinicians are testing a variety of…
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…
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