Using Gene Therapy to Treat Genetic Eye Disease Aniridia
Tuesday, October 3 2023 | 09 h 04 min | Vision Science
In 2020, Fighting Blindness Canada awarded Dr Elizabeth Simpson at the University of British Columbia a research grant of $297,000 to support the...
Read MoreTransformative Research Into Retinal Degeneration
Friday, September 1 2023 | 08 h 12 min | Vision Science
FBC announced $167 million in funding for two Transformative Research Awards which will push the boundaries of vision science Dr Marius Ueffing...
Read MoreA New Approach to Vision Restoration for Inherited Retinal Diseases
Tuesday, August 22 2023 | 08 h 00 min | Vision Science
Dr Michel Cayouette’s team (University of Montreal) has found a way to reactivate cells in the retina and turn them into light-sensing cells,...
Read MoreChildhood Myopia
Friday, August 18 2023 | 08 h 30 min | Optik Magazine, Vision Science
By Thomas Weissberger ep·i·dem·ic [ˌepəˈdemik] NOUNa widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular...
Read MoreTesting Two New Therapies to Restore Sight in Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa
Wednesday, May 31 2023 | 10 h 36 min | Vision Science
Kiora Pharmaceuticals has announced that they have dosed the first patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial for the photoswitch molecule KIO-301 This...
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