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Light ahead in fight against degenerative blindness
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Once doomed to a life of darkness, dozens of people stricken by retinal diseases are rediscovering a world of light as scientists push ahead on cures for blindness. (AFP/Karen Bleier) Paris – Once doomed to a life of darkness, dozens of people stricken...
A Salute to the Rappaport Foundation
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The Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation has helped to pave the way to improving – even revolutionizing – the treatment of neurologic and mental illness. It consistently drives medical innovations and healthcare advances that promise to usher...
Twins help bring VisionWalk to light
via thecoastnews

RANCHO SANTA FE — Backed by dedicated parents, two former synchronized ice-skaters have turned what could have been a devastating diagnosis into a VisionWalk crusade.Nicole and Alexa Finzi are identical twins, about to turn 21. Raised in Rancho...
Leonardo DiCaprio Shows Support At Foundation Fighting Blindness World Gala!
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Leonardo DiCaprio is dapper in a suit while sitting in the audience at 2016 Foundation Fighting Blindness World Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday (April 12) in New York City. The 41-year-old actor was joined by Irina Shayk, Jerry Seinfeld...
New type of retinal prosthesis could restore sight to blind
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Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision A photovoltaic retinal prosthesis...

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Foundation Fighting Blindness — Foundation Fighting Blindness

The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular de...
Retinal Physicians | blindness.org

Below is a list of retinal specialists in your state. This list was developed to help patients who are outside of the range of The Foundation’s Research Centers find local specialists. To compile this...