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BrightFocus Foundation today announced more than $8.7 million in research grant awards, funding cutting-edge science in the search for a cure for diseases of mind and sight. Grants will help support 59 research projects involving scientists in six nations, 19 states, and the District of Columbia
A study published today in Science Translational Medicine sheds dramatic new light on a component of the immune system that can help prevent, not cause, damage to blood vessels in the eye. This is an example of the benefits of funding basic researchers who want to pursue innovative—even controversial—avenues of discovery, say officials at BrightFocus Foundation.
The second in a series of free telephone discussions on vision diseases takes place on March 26, when BrightFocus Foundation presents “What is on the Horizon for Macular Degeneration?,” a look at research discoveries that could impact prevention and treatments for a disease affecting 11 million Americans.
BrightFocus Foundation today joins others in the field of vision research in paying tribute to a giant in the profession—renowned glaucoma expert David L. Epstein, M.D., M.M.M., of the Duke Eye Center at Duke University, who passed away this week.
BrightFocus Foundation, a Maryland nonprofit funding research and public information on macular degeneration, glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease, today announced BrightFocus Chats a new, free telephone discussion series.
An estimated half of the three million Americans living with glaucoma may be unaware they have this sight-stealing disease. Once vision is lost to glaucoma, it can never be regained. Vision loss can be prevented, however, if glaucoma is detected and treated early.
BrightFocus Foundation, which funds research worldwide on diseases affecting mind and sight, lauded Luxembourg researcher Enrico Glaab, Ph.D., who today won the $50,000 Geoffrey Beene Global NeuroDiscovery Challenge for research proposals on gender differences in Alzheimer’s disease.
BrightFocus Foundation is offering a free public-education event on Wednesday morning, October 30, 2013, in Kensington, MD, to share the latest research and treatment news on the mind and vision diseases of Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
On the 20th anniversary of World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21), BrightFocus Foundation spotlights its four European global partners, who are honoring the patients and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease with a range of educational programs in their respective countries. Their common goal: a future without Alzheimer’s disease.
BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit that supports research worldwide on brain and eye diseases, announces Michael Buckley as Vice President for Public Affairs.