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Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases. To learn more, go to FightingBlindness.org.

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00:01:51

News | Belite Bio Launching Phase 3 Clinical Trial...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/08/29

The company’s drug is designed to reduce accumulation of toxins that cause vision loss.

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00:38:41

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 30: Steven McCoy

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/08/19

Host Ben Shaberman talks with Steven McCoy, who overcame early challenges as a kid with Usher syndrome, to become the first black, deaf-blind journalist. Steven found his way forward through an impressive career with Disney and his own projects including his "Sessions with Steven" podcast and forthcoming memoir and television film about his remarkable personal journey.

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00:34:46

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 29: David Gamm, MD,...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/08/05

August 5, 2022. Stem cell expert David Gamm, MD, PhD, talks with host Ben Shaberman about his innovative work in stem cell therapy development for retinal diseases, including his research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the company Opsis, which he co-founded. Their conversation covers a variety of topics including induced pluripotent stem cells, the benefits of scaffolds for cell orientation in the retina, and scale-up manufacturing.

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00:23:10

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 28: Brian Strem, PhD

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/22

July 22, 2022. Brian Strem, PhD, CEO of Kiora Pharmaceuticals, talks to Ben Shaberman about his company's emerging gene-agnostic small molecule for restoring vision for people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa and potentially other retinal diseases. Kiora recently received authorization in Australia to launch a trial for the treatment.

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00:31:43

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 27: Jeff Stern and...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/08

July 8, 2022. Jeff Stern, MD, PhD, and Sally Temple, PhD, co-founders of the Neural Stem Cell Institute, talk with host Ben Shaberman about their discovery of stem cells in the human retinal pigment epithelium and their newly launched clinical trial for the cells in people with dry age-related macular degeneration.

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01:05:56

VISIONS 2022 | Your Journey Toward Independent Mobility

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speakers: Bill and Colleen Carty

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00:44:58

VISIONS 2022 | Clinical & Research Updates:...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speaker: Cathy Bowes Rickman, PhD and James Handa, MD

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01:19:16

VISIONS 2022 | Clinical & Research Updates: Rare IRDs

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Achromatopsia, Choroideremia, Blue Cone Monochromacy, Cone-rod Dystrophy and X-linked Retinoschisis. Speakers: Christine Kay, MD and Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD

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01:25:28

VISIONS 2022 | Clinical & Research Updates: Retinitis...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speakers: Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD and Jami Kern

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01:24:13

VISIONS 2022 | Clinical & Research Updates: Usher...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speakers: Astra Dinculescu, PhD and Jacque Duncan, MD

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00:59:55

VISIONS 2022 | Living Life To the Fullest: How Low...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speaker: Dana Aravich MS, OTR/L

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00:22:43

VISIONS 2022 | Blind Athletes Breaking Barriers

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speakers: Justin Bishop and Becca Meyers

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00:59:18

VISIONS 2022 | RD Fund Biotech Overview

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speaker: Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA

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01:04:57

VISIONS 2022 | Stem Cells in Retinal Disease

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD

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00:52:00

VISIONS 2022 | Gene & Genetic Technologies

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/07/07

Speakers: Alina Dumitrescu, MD, Erin O'Neil, MD and Peter Quinn, PhD

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00:17:42

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 26: Rachel Wong, PhD

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/06/24

June 24, 2022. Rachel Wong, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Biological Structure at the University of Washington in Seattle, discusses the beauty and complexity of retinal circuitry and why the work in her lab is so important to the advancement of treatments and cures for people with inherited retinal diseases. Dr. Wong delivered the prestigious Friedenwald Award Lecture at the 2022 annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

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00:25:09

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 25: Frank Bruni

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/06/10

June 10, 2022. Frank Bruni, a popular NY Times columnist, book author, and Duke journalism professor, talks with host Ben Shaberman about his eclectic career, journey with vision loss, and latest book, "The Beauty of Dusk."

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00:23:11

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 24: Ash Jayagopal, PhD

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2022/05/06

May 6, 2022. Host Ben Shaberman talks with Ash Jayagopal, chief scientific officer at Opus Genetics, a company launched by the Foundation Fighting Blindness to advance gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases into clinical trials. The company is targeting rare retinal conditions, including forms of Leber congenital amaurosis, that aren't being addressed by other companies.

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00:03:14

News | Encouraging Clinical Trial Results for Alkeus’...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/05/02

Alkeus Pharmaceuticals reported that its emerging treatment for Stargardt disease slowed the growth of retinal atrophy – i.e., the area of damage to the retina – by approximately 30 percent per year for patients in its Phase 2 TEASE clinical trial at seven clinical research centers in the US.

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00:25:05

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 23: John Flannery, PhD

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2022/04/22

April 22, 2022. John Flannery, PhD, a renowned gene therapy researcher from UC Berkeley and co-founder of Vedere Bio, talks with host, Ben Shaberman, about the promise of optogenetics, a gene-agnostic approach for restoring vision for people with advanced retinal diseases.

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