BrightFocus Foundation
BrightFocus is a premier funder of groundbreaking research in an urgent effort to discover cures for Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
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Martin
Pera
PhD
Location
Bar Harbor
,
ME
,
USA
Current Organization
The Jackson Laboratory
Grants
Macular Degeneration Research
The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Posterior Eye Diseases
Active Dates
July 01, 2017 - June 30, 2019
Principal Investigator
Patsy Nishina, PhD
Current Organization
The Jackson Laboratory
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