Alternative Blog Styles

You are currently browsing the archives for the Retinitis pigmentosa category.



Meet Dr. Steve Rose

Dr. Steve RoseSteve is highly respected for his expertise and tireless commitment to finding treatments and cures for vision-robbing retinal diseases.

Dr. Steve Rose 

Newsletter Sign Up

*  
*  
*  
*  


   Please leave this field empty

Archive for the ‘Retinitis pigmentosa’ Category

Video Included:
Shinya Yamanaka, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine.For science geeks like me, the announcement of Nobel Prize for Medicine winners is always exciting news. But this year’s two recipients are especially near and dear to my heart, because their groundbreaking work is having an enormous impact on sight-saving retinal research.

Read more

Dr. Rand Spencer, left, and Dr. David Birch, surgeon and lead investigator, respectively, in the StemCells, Inc., clinical trial.I was very excited to learn that another clinical trial using stem cells for the potential treatment of a retinal disease — in this case, dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) — is now underway. StemCells, Inc. (got to love the company’s name) announced last week that its first patient was treated at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas.
Read more

Save Your Vision Month is Underway

05Oct

April at a Walmart vision centerThree weeks ago, in recounting my participation in Charity Day at Cantor Fitzgerald, I mentioned that FFB had established October as Save Your Vision Month (SYVM). Well, now it’s here, so I wanted to reiterate what SYVM is all about and how the Foundation has been preparing for it the past couple of weeks.
Read more

Video Included:
Graphic of the Argus II Prosthesis device
You wouldn’t think that the ability to sort black, white and grey socks would be a big deal for a successful attorney, but when that lawyer is completely blind from retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and used a “bionic retina” to accomplish the simple task, well, that is a big deal.
Read more

image of hand on steering wheelWith the Foundation’s Save Your Vision Month starting next week, I thought it might be a good time to share my thoughts about a tough decision many people affected by retinal diseases have to make – the decision to stop driving.
Read more