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Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have a vision to treat the progressive loss of eyesight associated with aging at its source—the retina. Eighty percent of Americans fear losing their sight. But, unfortunately, after the age of forty, macular...

4. What stem cell-based therapies are currently available for eye disease?

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There are currently no FDA-approved treatments for eye disease that use stem cells, but researchers are conducting clinical trials to test whether stem cell-based therapies for eye diseases are safe and effective in humans. The website ClinicalTrials.gov...

"Dissecting Genetic Complexities: Mouse Models of Human Eye Disease"

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Series Guest speaker: Patsy Nishina, PhD Professor, The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, Maine Hosted by the Ocular Genomics Institute, Neena Haider, PhD Contact: Mary Wheeler ( mary_wheeler@meei...

How Convicts, Mutineers and Sun Worshippers Shaped Genetic Eye Research in Australia

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) Guest speaker: David Mackey, MD Managing Director, Lions Eye Institute Director/Professor...

Regenerative Medicine in the Eye: Retinal Degeneration - The Problem

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Guest presenter: Dr. Brian Ballios University of Toronto Stem Cells in Focus webinars are intended for a non-scientific audience, though ISSCR members are welcome. Interested participants must have an account on ISSCR Connect. Public accounts are free...

Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Study and Treat Retinal Diseases: Understanding the Limits

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) Guest speaker: David Gamm, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences RRF Emmett A...

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Series

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"Reading Genomes and Reprogramming Disease" Guest speaker: Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD Associate Professor Dept. of Pathology & Immunology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Hosted by the Ocular Genomics Institute, Neena Haider, PhD...

Use of Human Stem Cell-derived Retinal Cells to Identify Novel Therapeutics Molecules for Glaucoma and Retinal Degenerative Disease

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease | Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) Guest speaker: Donald Zack, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Ocular Regenerative Medicine...

Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Series

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Guest speaker: George Church, PhD Professor Genetics, Harvard Medical School Click here for a flyer to share with your lab. Hosted by the Ocular Genomics Institute, Luk Vandenburghe, PhD

Cranial Nerve Development in Health and Disease

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Lecture Series Guest speaker: Elizabeth Engle, MD Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hosted by the Ocular Genomics Institute, Luk...

Disease Brochures

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Stem cell science holds promise for a range of injuries and genetic diseases. The brochures (PDFs) below summarize HSCI's programs to target and cure disease. Research Projects on Aging Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Alzheimer's Disease Cancer Using...

Mechanism of cone cell death in retinitis pigmentosa

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Genetic and Regenerative Medicine of Eye Disease Seminar Organized by the Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute (ORMI) & Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) Guest speaker: Peter Campochiaro, MD George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Professor of Neuroscience and...