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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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00:28:41

VISIONS 2024 | Fireside Chat with Judge David Tatel

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Foundation Board Chair David Brint sits down with Judge David Tatel to discuss vision loss, his career and latest book.

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01:04:34

VISIONS 2024 | Optogenetics for Sight Restoration...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Paul Bresge; Eric Daniels, MD and Ethan Rossi, PhD This session discusses optogenetics, a method of endowing non-photoreceptor cells with light-sensing capabilities. This is the most applicable to late-stage patients.

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01:09:53

VISIONS 2024 | Low Vision Aids and Devices

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speaker: Francisco Richardson, OD Learn about devices, technologies, and low vision adaptations for work, home and education.

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00:58:13

VISIONS 2024 | An In-Depth Process of Applying for a...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Leslie Hoskins and Alyssa Otis Learn what to expect when applying for a guide dog, including review of the application materials and potential outcomes. Additionally, an in-depth discussion on the skills required to be approved for a guide dog from the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF) standards.

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01:26:57

VISIONS 2024 | Clinical & Research Updates: Retinitis...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Robert Hyde, MD, PhD and Miranda Scalabrino, PhD This session will feature clinicans and researchers discussing recent updates for Retinitis Pigmentosa.

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01:26:58

VISIONS 2024 | Clinical & Research Updates: Leber...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Bikash Pattnaik, PhD and Ramiro Maldonado, MD This session will feature clinicans and researchers discussing recent updates for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).

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00:50:00

VISIONS 2024 | Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine...

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2024/07/19

Speakers: Katherine Uyhazi, MD, PhD and Srinivasa Sripathi, PhD Stem cell therapies are based on the premise that we could restore vision if we could replace missing or nonfunctional functional cells, either through transplantation or by inducing existing eye cells to create more photoreceptors. These therapies are likely to be most beneficial for mid- to late-stage patients.

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00:55:58

VISIONS 2024 | Genetic Therapies: Gene Therapy and...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Kenji Fujita, MD and Renee Ryals, PhD This session will discuss therapies that are gene and/or mutation specific, including gene therapy and genome editing.

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01:23:10

VISIONS 2024 | Clinical & Research Updates: Stargardt...

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2024/07/19

Stargardt Disease and Age Related Macular Degeneration. Speakers: Thomas Wubben, MD, PhD; Jason Miller, MD, PhD and Esther Biswas-Fiss, PhD This session will feature clinicans and researchers discussing recent updates for Stargardt disease and age-related macular degeneration.

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01:22:18

VISIONS 2024 | Clinical & Research Updates: Other...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speaker: Abigail Fahim, MD, PhD This session will feature clinicans and researchers discussing recent updates for other retinal diseases, including choroideremia and X-linked retinoschisis.

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01:04:02

VISIONS 2024 | My Advocacy. My Choice.

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: Christy Vanek and Janni Lehrer-Stein Join us for a fireside chat conversation on advocacy across the personal, workplace, and legislative levels. We will explore how advocacy relates to personal identity, what it means to act as an advocate, and personal strategies for making sustainable advocacy choices.

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01:08:14

VISIONS 2024 | Emerging Technologies

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2024/07/19

Emerging Technologies: Retinal Organoids, RNA Editing, Retinal Prosthetics, and Artificial Intelligence. Speakers: Robert Bell, PhD; Karl Wahlin, PhD; Hossein Ameri, MD, PhD and Kerry Goetz This session will discuss hot topics om retinal biology, including retinal organoids, RNA editing, retinal prosthetics, and the use of AI in ophthalmology.

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01:22:35

VISIONS 2024 | Clinical & Research Updates: Usher...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Speakers: David Corey, PhD and Benjamin Bakall, MD, PhD This session will feature clinicans and researchers discussing recent updates for Usher Syndrome.

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01:03:40

VISIONS 2024 | Inherited Retinal Disease Genetics:...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/19

Science Plenary Session Speakers: Todd Durham, PhD; Kristi Lee, MS, CGC and Ramiro Maldonado, MD This session will discuss the importance of genetic testing and give an overview of the Foundation's My Retina Tracker® Registry.

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00:35:46

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 69: Dr. Francois...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/12

Francois Paquet-Durand, PhD, a professor from the University of Tübingen and co-founder of the company Mireca, talks to host Ben Shaberman about the long journey of an emerging, Foundation-funded drug for the treatment of certain forms of retinitis pigmentosa. The episode highlights the challenges that scientists often encounter when developing a drug for a retinal disease, and the persistence and tenacity that are required to keep it moving forward.

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00:02:07

Genentech to Re-Introduce Susvimo for Wet AMD

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/07/08

FDA-approved in 2021, the tiny implantable capsule provides sustained delivery of treatment, but was recalled in 2022.

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00:25:06

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 68: Dr. Michael Telias

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2024/06/28

For this episode of Eye on the Cure, Michael Telias, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Rochester in New York, talks with host Ben Shaberman about forthcoming clinical trials to evaluate the FDA-approved drug disulfiram (aka, Antabuse) for improving vision in people with retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal diseases. Disulfiram was originally developed to deter people from abusing alcohol.

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00:19:14

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 67: Dr. Peter...

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2024/06/07

Dr. Peter Campochiaro, a clinician-scientist and the Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, talks to host Ben Shaberman about N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a drug that shows promise for preserving cone vision (central vision and acuity) in people with retinitis pigmentosa. The powerful antioxidant has moved into a 30+ site, Phase 3 clinical trial called NAC Attack.

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00:25:08

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 66: Peter Wallsten

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2024/05/24

Peter Wallsten, a veteran newspaper journalist and head of investigative reporting at The Washington Post, talks to host Ben Shaberman about his evolving career as a reporter and editor and the impact that Stargardt disease has had on his journey and ambitions. Peter also reflects on recently receiving a Pulitzer Prize for his team's 15-part series on the role of the AR-15 assault rifle in mass shootings and how the weapon has become one of the best-selling firearms in the US.

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00:03:13

ARVO 2024 Highlight: InGel’s Cell Therapy Shows...

Foundation Fighting Blindness ·

2024/05/22

The emerging treatment is designed to work for people with RP and other conditions regardless of the gene mutation causing disease

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