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Research to Prevent Blindness

RPB researchers honored with 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award

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Four RPB-supported researchers and a Scientific Advisory Panel member have been honored with the prestigious 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award for their groundbreaking research

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Groundbreaking Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease

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The first patient receives an FDA-approved gene therapy for inherited retinal disease at Mass. Eye and Ear.

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Reversing Retinal Degenerative Diseases: We’re One Step Closer

Dr. Stephen Tsang at work in the lab.

RPB-supported researchers made a critical discovery about the gene mutation that causes many retinal degenerative diseases, opening the door for a new line of research into potential treatments.

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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope for RP Therapy

Findings raise the possibility of treating blinding eye diseases using a patient's own corrected cells as replacement tissue

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New Gene Therapy for Vision Loss from a Mitochondrial Disease

Gene delivered to mitochondrial DNA

New method for delivering corrective genes to restore energy production in cells could have wide application.

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Renewed Hope for Gene Therapy to Restore Vision

Dr. Tsang

Findings indicate that retinitis pigmentosa is treatable even at advanced disease stages.

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A Passion Fueled By RPB

The Neitzes are internationally recognized for developing a potential gene therapy cure for color blindness and are among the world’s thought leaders on genetic and environmental factors that may be influencing a global epidemic of myopia...

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