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December 02, 2024 14:30 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Partners with University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Other Leading Institutions to Secure Up to $46 Million to Fast Track Whole Eye Transplantation Program

ARPA-H award establishes multi-disciplinary consortium of industry experts to address current limitations and advance innovative technologies for vision-restoring whole eye transplantation Goal to...
January 09, 2020 14:00 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Celebrates 15th Year of VisionWalk with New Branding

Columbia, MD, Jan. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness launches 2020 with a bold, new logo and branding for its signature fundraising event, VisionWalk. VisionWalk...
November 27, 2019 07:00 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Launches Natural History Study for People with Retinitis Pigmentosa Caused by EYS Gene Mutations

Columbia, MD, Nov. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness has launched a natural history study (NCT04127006) for people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused by mutations in...
October 02, 2019 07:00 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Blueprint Genetics, InformedDNA and the Foundation Fighting Blindness launch an open access program for patients with inherited retinal disease in the United States

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Oct. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blueprint Genetics, InformedDNA and the Foundation Fighting Blindness have announced that beginning in October 2019, a new open-access program...
July 15, 2019 10:00 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Appoints Judy Taylor Vice President, Development

Columbia, MD, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the world’s leading private funding source for retinal degenerative disease research, has announced that it has...
March 13, 2013 15:07 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Clinical Research Institute to Launch Natural History Study for Stargardt Disease to Help Prepare for Clinical Trials

COLUMBIA, Md., March 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness Clinical Research Institute is launching a natural history study of people affected by Stargardt disease, a genetic...
August 21, 2012 17:15 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces $2.4 Million in Funding for Eight New Sight-Saving Research Projects

OWINGS MILLS, Md. and COLUMBIA, Md., Aug. 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness announces an investment of $2.4 million in eight promising research projects aimed at providing...
May 25, 2012 08:58 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness and RetroSense Therapeutics Make Progress Toward First-Ever Clinical Trial for Optogenetic Gene Therapy Treatment

OWINGS MILLS, Md., May 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a productive meeting this week with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Foundation Fighting Blindness acknowledges a clearer path...
October 31, 2011 13:05 ET | Source: Foundation Fighting Blindness

Foundation Fighting Blindness Invests $8.25 Million in Six Gene Therapy Research Projects Poised for Clinical Trials

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing sight-saving research, announces an $8.25 million investment in six new...