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DateArticle
July 26, 2010New Partnership Aims to Develop Therapies to Treat Vision Loss
June 21, 2010Calgary runners to lace up in support of the fight against vision loss
May 26, 2010Canadian-led study holds promise for patients living with a progressive form of blindness
March 08, 2010Ottawa researcher awarded $1.4M to lead international team developing gene therapy for retinal blindness
February 18, 2010FFB Researcher Discovers Way to Predict the Fate of Neural Progenitor Cells, Illuminating their Potential as Rods and Cones
February 17, 20109th Annual Light the Darkness Dinner & Dance Raises $17,000 for vision research
February 12, 2010Visually Impaired Athlete Makes History
January 29, 2010Choroideremia Patient Survey
January 25, 2010FFB Partnership in Alberta Supports Studentships and Fellowships in Vision Research
January 25, 2010FFB Funded Discovery Paves Way to Optic Nerve Regeneration
January 18, 2010New Clinical Trial for LCA Patients
January 04, 2010Thank you to everyone who has given a gift to the 31 Days of December Challenge in support of vision research!
September 29, 2009Toronto Sun Video - Let the battle begin
September 27, 2009Results from Neurotech NT-501 Phase 2 Retinitis Pigmentosa Studies Demonstrate Consistent Biological Effect on Photoreceptors
September 21, 2009The FFB, in collaboration with the AMD Alliance International, joins the global effort during AMD week, September 19-27, to address the alarming lack of understanding about age-related macular degeneration
August 13, 2009For one young Canadian man, gene therapy was the gift of sight
August 13, 2009Gene therapy improving sight in congenital blindness
August 12, 2009Gene Therapy One Year Later: Patients Healthy and Maintain Early Visual Improvement
May 10, 2009Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases
April 24, 2009Historic Global Run Marks Mother's Day Milestone
April 22, 2009Fenretinide Phase II trials results slows progression of Dry AMD by 45%
March 26, 2009Emerging Treatment Stabilizes Vision in People with Dry AMD
March 05, 2009Discovery of a new retinal gene involved in childhood blindness
March 04, 2009$2.4 million to develop stem cell therapies to reverse blindness Canada's leading researchers working together thanks to unique grant
February 02, 2009Discovery of a pivotal gene in the regulation of brain aging: unlocks clues to age-related macular degeneration
January 15, 2009Calgary Mom Making History with Global Run
December 03, 2008$3 million towards gene therapy for human retinal degenerative diseases.
October 08, 2008A key mechanism regulating neural stem cell development is uncovered
September 08, 2008Seeing eye to eye with...the fly?
April 29, 2008LCA Trial Frequently Asked Questions
April 28, 2008Breaking News - Gene Therapy Provides Vision to Nearly Blind Young Adults
March 14, 2008Ontario will pay for drug to treat blindness
March 11, 200815th Retina International World Congress
February 01, 2008Thank you for helping Give the Gift of Sight

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