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Mar 25, 2024
Collaboration will add a new multi-gene cohort of patients living with inherited retinal diseases. Data insights from the new study cohort will inform the future clinical trial design for BlueRock’s pipeline of cell therapies for treating blindness.
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Jul 27, 2020
jCyte Reports Promising Results for Phase 2b Clinical Trial of its Cellular Therapy for RP
The emerging therapy is designed to work independent of the mutated gene causing vision loss
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Aug 7, 2014
Inspired by Progress in Usher Syndrome Research
Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D., a Foundation-funded clinical researcher at the Casey Eye Institute, discusses the first human study of gene therapy for Usher syndrome type 1B.
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May 7, 2013
Retinal Regeneration is Major Focus of NEI's Audacious Goal
The goal, “to regenerate the neurons and neural connections in the eye and visual system,” is exactly what people with retinal diseases need to save and restore their vision.
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Apr 11, 2012
There's More Than One Way to Correct a Genetic Defect
A quick primer on genes and their critical role in building proteins.
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Jul 24, 2017
FFB-Funded Scientists Report on Nine Promising Translational Research Efforts
The Foundation Fighting Blindness has taken the translational challenge head on by investing more than $75 million in therapy-development projects with strong clinical-trial potential through its Translational Research Acceleration Program (TRAP), which includes Gund-Harrington Scholar Awards.
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Dec 20, 2012
Curing Blindness, Part 2: Dick’s Story
Stem-cell-based therapies – including those derived from a patient’s blood or skin – are among the many cutting-edge approaches to treatments the Foundation has funded for decades.
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Aug 18, 2021
Foundation Insights Forum – August 12, 2021
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is pleased to provide a recording and full transcript of the Insights Forum, our quarterly conference call providing updates to the inherited retinal disease community. The call took place on August 12, 2021.
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Aug 4, 2021
Pediatric Ophthalmologists Target Inherited Retinal Diseases
New opportunities continue to develop in an evolving landscape.