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Research to Prevent Blindness

RPB and AAO Announce New Grant Opportunities to Support Vision Research

Partnership to utilize IRIS Registry database to advance patient care.

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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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Understanding Usher Syndrome: New Findings

Retina of a person with retinitis pigmentosa

RPB-supported researchers make progress in characterizing the genetic components of Usher syndrome.

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New Stem Cell Model Replicates Macular Degeneration

Human induced pluripotent stem cell-retinal pigment epithelium in a dish

The model will allow researchers to better assess treatments for this hard-to-study cause of blindness.

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Researchers ID Key Compounds Related to Blood Vessel Growth in Wet AMD

Choroidal neovascular lesion with associated blood vessels and immune cells

The findings may have significant therapeutic implications for AMD, the most common cause of elderly blindness in the developed world

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RPB-supported Researchers ID Master Molecule behind Corneal Inflammation

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RPB-supported researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified an enzyme present in the cornea that triggers inflammation during and even after a herpes virus infection.

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Electric Fields ‘Steer’ Neural Stem Cells

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New RPB-supported research provides hope for transplants of neural stem cells as future treatment for brain injuries.

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July is Dry Eye Awareness Month

Dry eye, a global problem affecting more than 30 million people in the U.S. alone, occurs when the eye does not produce tears properly or when the tears are not of the correct consistency and evaporate too quickly.

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Researchers Identify Biomarker for Glaucoma Damage

The RPB-supported researchers hope their finding will lead to tests to identify cell damage before irreversible vision loss.

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Working Together to Fund Scientific Research for Eye Health

Poster for Vision Research Funding Partnereship

More than 30 private and public funders of vision research came together in Washington DC to discuss ways to maximize their support of scientific research in light of new recommendations and a changing environment.

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Making the case that ‘Science Is For All’

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An RPB Trustee pens a powerful Op-Ed on the need to support scientific research through the National Institutes of Health.

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