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Lessons From a Superfield Lens
Wednesday, March 20 2024 | 07 h 03 min | Vision Science
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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Stargardt Disease
Thursday, January 18 2024 | 07 h 28 min | Vision Science
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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Cone-Rod Dystrophy
Wednesday, November 29 2023 | 08 h 21 min | Vision Science
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
Wednesday, November 15 2023 | 13 h 50 min | Vision Science
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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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...
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