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Grant Type:
Individual
Award Name:
Catalyst Award for Innovative Research Approaches for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Year:
2024
Amount:
$300,000.00
Research Area:
*RPB / IRRF Catalyst Award Will develop innovative approaches aimed at regulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A), which promotes blood vessel growth, through the introduction of highly specific proteases in botulinum neurotoxin (commonly known as Botox) that target VEGF-A. This is a novel strategy utilizing cutting-edge protein engineering and pharmacology to mitigate harmful overgrowth of ocular blood vessels, in conditions such as AMD, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and more.
Stein Innovation Award
2020
Will advance a new generation of CRISPR gene editing technology, referred to as base editing, as a therapeutic approach for Leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa.
Senior Scientific Investigator Award
2000
$65,000.00
Understand phototransduction and the visual cycle on the molecular (chemical) level.
Jules & Doris Stein RPB Professorship
1997
$140,000.00
1992
$100,000.00
1991
$350,000.00
*Grant Amounts Listed Reflect Awards That Were Approved By The RPB Board of Trustees
*Grantees Shown Below Are For The Current Grant Year Only.