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Learn about an exciting citizen science project receiving support from the BrightFocus Alzheimer’s Disease Research program; the first crowd-sourced effort to gather data to help end Alzheimer’s disease.

Top U.S. scientists are concerned that eye and vision health are relatively absent from national health priority lists. AMD, in particular, is rising..

The winter edition of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Review explores a new imaging technique that help with the early-stage detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), lifestyle changes for reducing the risk of AD, an innovative citizen science project called EyesOnALZ to engage the public in helping researchers analyze Alzheimer’s data, and more.

The fall 2016 edition of Macular Degeneration Research News explains how the latest research projects that we are funding could help find a cure, provides vision tips for driving in the winter, outlines the steps to prepare an eye-healthy recipe for Tuscan stew, and discusses BrightFocus Chats, a free monthly phone call with doctors, researchers, and experts in the field on timely topics regarding macular degeneration.

An experimental drug, consisting of cells manufactured and implanted in the eye to stimulate optic nerve growth and activity, could be an entirely new way of fighting glaucoma.

BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit supporting research worldwide on diseases of mind and sight, has named Nancy Lynn as Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships.

BrightFocus Foundation, a leading private funder of research on diseases of mind and sight, has named Diane Bovenkamp, PhD, as its new Vice President, Scientific Affairs.

BrightFocus is funding a clinical trial to try to fight glaucoma with a new drug implanted in the eye that may protect the optic nerve.