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THE VALUE OF IPSCS FOR STEM CELL THERAPY

Stem cell therapy has emerged as one of the most promising approaches in the fight to end blindness, and Dr. Gilbert Bernier’s research has played an enormous role in pushing the field...

CLINICIAN-SCIENTIST EMERGING LEADER AWARD: DR. BRIAN BALLIOS

Dr. Brian Ballios has restored vision in mice, but he is not stopping there. He is on a mission to develop stem cell therapies for people living with blindness and has a...

CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATES: GENE THERAPY

Many experts agree that gene replacement therapy is a novel approach to treating inherited degenerative retinal diseases, especially when the disease is caused by a single gene defect (or mutation). Gene replacement...

WILL GENE THERAPIES WIN THE RACE TO RESTORE SIGHT?

There is a lot of optimism for the potential to treat inherited eye diseases with gene therapy. Around the world, scientists are exploring ways to fix the genetic errors that lead to...

HOW CAN THE FBC HELP TO IMPROVE YOUR VISION HEALTH JOURNEY?

What is it like to live with a blinding eye disease in Canada? Do you have access to the vision care resources that you need? How can Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) help...

THE BIOLOGY OF TREATING BLINDNESS WITH STEM CELLS

Dr. Gilbert Bernier has a plan to cure blindness. His plan involves coaxing stem cells to become sheets of precious cone photoreceptors—the eye’s light-sensitive cells—and then transplanting them into blind eyes to...