Close-up of a phoropter, a piece of optometry technology used for eye testing, showing numerous lenses and dials for vision correction assessment.

Lessons From a Superfield Lens

By Dr Jenny Lee, OD Aperture Contest Winner Aperture is the publication of the Canadian Association of Optometry Students Reprinted with...

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Fighting Blindness Canada

Stargardt Disease

Stargardt disease is a rare genetic eye disease that happens when fatty material builds up on the macula Vision loss usually starts in...

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Fighting Blindness Canada research

Cone-Rod Dystrophy

A new company, Beacon Therapeutics, has launched with a focus on gene therapies for cone-rod dystrophy and X-linked retinitis pigmentosa Beacon...

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Clinical Trial Launched to Test New Drug for AMD and DME

Fighting Blindness Canada funded researcher Dr Sachdev Sidhu (University of Waterloo) has developed a novel antibody therapy that will now be tested...

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Fighting Blindness Canada

Using Gene Therapy to Treat Genetic Eye Disease Aniridia

In 2020, Fighting Blindness Canada awarded Dr Elizabeth Simpson at the University of British Columbia a research grant of $297,000 to support the...

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