As reported in Medical Xpress; Fight for Sight, a charity in the UK dedicated to vision, has an exciting announcement for people with macular diseases: they have just granted funding…
Bryan and Bradford Manning recently gave an interview to the Associated Press. The brothers told the story of their vision loss as a result of a rare degenerative eye disease.…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company reVision Therapeutics, Inc. has just announced that its experimental therapy REV-0100 has received both Rare Pediatric Disease designation and Orphan…
According to a story from BioSpace, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it has awarded grant funding that will go towards six clinical trials that will…
The United States FDA has just announced that they will be providing 6 new grants, which are worth 16 million dollars for rare disease research. These grants will last a…
Cornell University and reVision Therapeutics have come together through a licensing agreement to develop a treatment for Stargardt disease, according to BioSpace. They will be working on and commercializing Cornell's…
Vision loss is a major symptom of Stargardt disease, so a main goal of treatments is to combat this loss. In order to test the effectiveness of these treatments, there…
Macular disease or stargardt disease, is a rare condition whose onset can occur at anytime. It results in damage to the retina, though most patients do not become completely blind.…
As reported in Globe News Wire, amidst a difficult time for rare disease patients as the medical world’s refocuses on the coronavirus, a new scholarship has been announced that could…
Kubota Vision, a subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings, has recently finished enrollment in the third phase of their emixustat hydrochloride (emixustat) trial. Emixustat hydrochloride is a treatment for Stargardt disease…
According to a story from Financial Buzz, the ophthalmology company Acucela Inc. has recently announced an update on the progress of its phase 3 clinical trial. This clinical trial is…
The Importance of Braille For any child with a rare disease that leads to blindness or visual impairment such as Stargardt disease, Usher Syndrome, Alström syndrome, or Retinal Blindness life…
Stargardt Disease Stargardt disease is a rare condition that causes vision loss due to the buildup of vitamin A byproducts in the retina. The byproduct causing the largest buildup is…
May is Healthy Vision Month! Rare disease or not, maintaining healthy eye health should be a priority for all of us. The National Institute of Health has resources for not…
Stargardt Disease Stargardt disease is a rare disease which results in progressive vision loss. It is also referred to as juvenile macular degeneration. Most often, the disease presents during childhood.…
The longer patients live without a diagnosis, the longer they are living without the proper care and the proper treatment. The problem is twofold when a patient is diagnosed incorrectly.…
The United States Food and Drug Administration has awarded twelve research grants worth a total of over $18 million for research into rare diseases. For more information about this news,…
According to a story from Eye on the Cure, the biopharmaceutical company Ophthotech is hard at work researching and developing gene therapy solutions for a variety of rare retinal conditions.…
The United States Food and Drug Administration has awarded Rare Paediatric Disease Designation to an experimental drug for the treatment of Stargardt disease. For more information, you can find the…
According to a story from pharmavoice.com, a new partnership between the biotechnology company Vitrisa Therapeutics and the Foundation Fighting Blindness Clinical Research Institute (FFB-CRI) is in the works in order…
According to an article from bioportfolio.com, the pharmaceutical company Ophthotech announced that the first of its patients are being enrolled in its Phase 2b clinical trial. This trial is meant…
I hear a lot of talk about technology these days. There seems to be a growing group of people who argue that it creates more problems than it solves. It…
I second-guess every decision I make. Should I wear my hair pulled back, or will it just flop in my face all day long? Should I wear heels and risk…
“Don’t fight the problem, decide it.” George C. Marshall was not known for backing down from any fight. It was most certainly drummed into him from his military training, but…
There are certain doctor’s appointments that I dread. The top three appointments that can cause me to lose sleep include annual OB/GYN visits, mammograms, and eye exams. For me, my…
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