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Archive for August, 2012
Woody Allen once said, “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” However, for researchers fighting blindness, “being there” when cones die — at least the cones in a mouse model of retinal disease — was recently a good thing. It provided important clues about how to keep them alive in people.
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Could the complex function of rods and cones — converting light into signals that the brain can interpret as vision — be replicated in a pair of high-tech glasses? Based on the recent research advances made by Dr. Sheila Nirenberg at Weill Cornell Medical College, it looks like a possibility.
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Gene Therapies for Stargardt Disease and Wet AMD Deemed Safe Thus Far
If you’re going on a cross-country road trip, the highlight of your journey is not the safety check. Putting air in the tires, topping off the brake and power-steering fluids, making sure the front and back lights are working properly and adjusting the mirrors are not cause for raucous celebration.
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After a rigorous review process, the Foundation is funding eight new research projects for a wide range of conditions, including Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). You can read about these exciting projects in an article recently posted on the Foundation’s homepage.
Stepping Lively – a Shoe in Development for the Visually Impaired
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