Fighting Blindness Canada

Gold Retinal Prosthesis Could Help Restore Some Vision

A new study published in ACS Nano suggests that gold nanoparticles could help restore some vision in people with retinal degeneration In...

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AIPL1 Gene Therapy Restores vision in small clinical trial

Four children with Leber congenital amaurosis 4 (LCA4) have experienced meaningful improvements in their vision after receiving a gene therapy...

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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Advanced Wet AMD

Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, (AMD), the more severe form of AMD, occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow in the macula Currently, most...

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Gene Editing Therapy to be Tested for Treatment of Wet AMD

A phase 1 clinical trial will be launching soon to test a gene editing approach for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) In wet AMD...

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Geographic Atrophy: An Update on Two Clinical Trials

This month, Fighting Blindness Canada is sharing clinical trial updates on two potential treatments for geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of...

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