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    Month: July 2000

    Foundation Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Restore Retinal Function in an Animal Model of Retinal Degeneration

    Posted on July 15, 2000 by droberts
  • July 15, 2000

    Foundation Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Restore Retinal Function in an Animal Model of Retinal Degeneration

    by Tom Hoglund July 2000 In the July issue of Nature Genetics, Foundation Fighting Blindness-supported researchers used gene replacement therapy to treat a rodent model of retinal degeneration. This is the first published study to show that gene replacement therapy can restore function to photoreceptor cells. These findings also demonstrate that gene replacement therapy can […]

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  • Researchers Restore Vision In an Animal Model of Childhood Blindness

    Posted on July 15, 2000 by droberts
  • July 15, 2000

    Researchers Restore Vision In an Animal Model of Childhood Blindness

    By Tom Hoglund Information Officer, Foundation Fighting Blindness July 2000 In a ground breaking study published in the July issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers rapidly restored lost vision in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) using oral doses of a chemical compound derived from vitamin A. LCA […]

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  • Artificial Retina Implanted in Humans

    Posted on July 1, 2000 by droberts
  • July 1, 2000

    Artificial Retina Implanted in Humans

    by Tom Hoglund Information Officer, Foundation Fighting Blindness For the first time ever, researchers from a company called Optobionics surgically implanted an artificial retina into three patients who are blind from retinitis pigmentosa. These highly-experimental prosthetic devices, made of silicon computer chips, are intended to restore ambulatory vision, thereby giving people the freedom to walk […]

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  • Information on Bilberry and other Bioflavinoids

    Posted on July 1, 2000 by droberts
  • July 1, 2000

    Information on Bilberry and other Bioflavinoids

    by Linda Kaspari July 2000 Billberry, Huckleberries, cranberry, grape seed, elderberry and pine bark extract are Anthocyanidin Bioflavonoids. These bioflavonoids are particulary effective in strengthening capillaries. Patients should include vitamin C and bioflavonoids as part of a lifetime regimen to help prevent progressive loss of sight. Essential for proper absorption and use of vitamin C, […]

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