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WHAT DO ZEBRAFISH HAVE TO DO WITH CURING BLINDNESS?

According to Dr. Sarah McFarlane, zebrafish hold important clues to restoring sight. These tiny, transparent, iridescent creatures provide Dr. McFarlane with a window into eye development, eye disease, and ultimately, to new...

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...

NEW $1 MILLION FUNDING PARTNERSHIP TO REGENERATE VISION

What does it feel like to win the lottery? Just ask Dr. Michel Cayouette, who was awarded close to $1 million in government funding to support his vision research. But really, it’s...

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,...

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...

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...