Comic Vision
Tickets for Comic Vision 2010 are now on sale!
Cycle for Sight
Thinking about having fun, getting fit and making new friends in 2010? Then Cycle for Sight is for you! Register today to take part in our free spin classes.
Ride for Sight
Canada's longest running motorcycle fundraiser and weekend celebration
Vision Quest
Vision Quest 2009, a unique patient conference. Listen to audio files from the conference.
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FFB Youth Ambassador on hand for Paralympic Torch Relay
March 10, 2010 - Molly Burke, who is losing her sight to retinitis pigmentosa, was one of 40 people in Toronto, ON who carried the Paralympic Torch through Nathan Phillips Square. Watch Molly's interview with City TV.
Ottawa Sun - Ottawa scientist heads $1.4M blindness study
March 9, 2010 - A University of Ottawa researcher will lead a team from Canada and the U.S. on a five-year, $1.4M collaborative project to develop a new gene therapy to prevent blindness due to retinal diseases.
Ottawa researcher awarded $1.4M to lead international team developing gene therapy for retinal blindness
March 8, 2010 - Leading vision researchers from Canada and the U.S. are embarking on a five-year, $1.4M collaborative project to develop a new gene therapy to prevent blindness due to retinal diseases. Canada’s largest private charity for vision research, the Foundation Fighting Blindness, is partnering with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to fund the program. The research team includes six scientists led by Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis, Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
FFB Researcher Discovers Way to Predict the Fate of Neural Progenitor Cells, Illuminating their Potential as Rods and Cones
February 18, 2010 – Researchers have found a way to predict the fate of neural progenitor cells, before they actually divide. Progenitor cells have the ability to become specific cells, like rods and cones, which are needed to process light in the eye. The ability to predict the path a cell takes when it divides means researchers are one step closer to transforming these cells into the rods and cones needed to restore sight to patients with retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Their findings are published in the March issue of the scientific journal Nature Methods.
9th Annual Light the Darkness Dinner & Dance Raises $17,000 for vision research
February 17, 2010 - On Saturday, February 13, 430 guests gathered at Paradise Banquet & Convention Centre for a magical evening. The food was plentiful and exquisite. The attendees were all enthusiastic to participate in the various activities and assist in supporting the success of the event.
FFB Partnership in Alberta Supports Studentships and Fellowships in Vision Research
Learning how to re-grow eye-brain connections to restore sight
January 25, 2010 - The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) to support Studentships and Fellowships in vision research. The first AHFMR/FFB Studentship or Fellowship in Vision Research competition was held in October 2009 and the first studentship was awarded to Elizabeth M. Kita of the University of Calgary, to study proteins called semaphorins, which act like signs to direct these connections during development of the eye.