New Vision Screening Device Provides Early Warning of Diabetic Eye Disease RPB-supported research yields test that could give doctors and patients  a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications.  The device also may... Read more...

Test for Color Blindness We live in a color-coded world.  Our global community increasingly relies on color to communicate. Yet 8% to 10% of all men and .5% of all women are color-blind. In a classroom of 20 children, it is likely that at least one will have... Read more...

Gene Therapy Proven Effective for Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease Researchers have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young adults with a form of retinitis pigmentosa known as Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), an inherited retinal disorder that reduces vision in early childhood and... Read more...

RPB-Supported Scientist Revolutionizes Gene Research A dramatic new study, supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, questions some of the mechanisms underlying a new class of drugs based on Nobel Prize-winning work designed to fight diseases ranging from macular degeneration to... Read more...

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