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BrightFocus Foundation, a premier private funder of vision research, today announced a request for proposals for science projects supported through its Macular Degeneration Research program.
BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization funding scientific research and promoting public awareness to end diseases of mind and sight, announced a special, free virtual presentation of the award-winning documentary LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE on June 4-10. The at-home movie night will feature an introduction from the film’s producer James Keach, and interviews with key scientists discussing their current research.
BrightFocus Foundation is partnering with the National Institute of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to fund an innovative research grant to develop retinal scans to identify early signs of vascular contributions to cognitive dementia (VCID), one of the leading causes of memory loss.
BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization funding scientific research and promoting public awareness to end Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, today announced Shawna Gottlieb and Tonya M. Matthews, PhD, as new members of its Board of Directors.
Learn how to decrease your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, if statins increase or decrease Alzheimer's risk, new ideas to fight tau tangles, the BrightFocus-funded research of Nick Cochran, PhD, who is working to find out how an important gene for Alzheimer’s disease, called MAPT, is turned on in neurons, and more in the spring 2020 edition of Alzheimer's Disease Research Review.
Learn about a large, international collaboration that has advanced a scoring approach to be used for weighing glaucoma risk and personalizing treatment.
Learn about new research grants leading us to a cure, common medical problems that increase the risk of macular degeneration, macular degeneration facts and figures, how to choose the right sunglasses, and more in the spring 2020 edition of Macular Degeneration Research News.
Learn about a BrightFocus-funded researcher who is exploring the biology that connects Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson's disease.
New models and insights into preventing surgically-induced glaucoma.
Information on the connection between uveitis and glaucoma, the research of Jason Porter, PhD, who is working on a new method to detect glaucoma, surgical treatment options for open-angle glaucoma, and more are found in the winter 2020 edition of the National Glaucoma Research Report.