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Diet and Macular Degeneration: Some Good News on Delaying the Onset of Disease

Funded in part by BrightFocus’ Macular Degeneration Research program, Allen Taylor, MD, and his colleagues at Tufts University are studying how dietary patterns can affect the eyes and one’s risk of macular degeneration.

December 11, 2017

The top images show the pouch-like openings that caveolins form in the outflow pathway of human eye. In the lower panel: electron micrograph showing numerous caveolae in Schlemm’s canal of mouse.

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Do Pressure Sensors Fail in Glaucoma? A BrightFocus-funded Hypothesis

BrightFocus-funded researcher, Michael Elliott, PhD, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, continues to make rich discoveries about pressure-sensing cells in glaucoma.

December 7, 2017

BrightFocus NGR grantee Michael Elliott, PhD, in his lab at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

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A Discovery in Mind and Sight? Q & A with BrightFocus Grantee Michael Elliott

Read our interview with Dr. Elliott where he talks about his original hypothesis and his exciting new research directions.

December 7, 2017

Recently more than 100 vision scientists attended the first-ever BrightFocus Glaucoma Fast Track. By jump-starting research careers and fostering collaboration, the workshop will speed progress towards new treatments and cures.

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Glaucoma Fast Track: Investing in the Future

BrightFocus Foundation recently held its first-ever Glaucoma FastTrack to accelerate the fight for a cure by investing in promising young scientists in the field of vision research.

November 30, 2017

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Major Study Sheds New Light into Causes of Alzheimer’s

A groundbreaking study is providing a more complete understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease worsens in the brain, helping to unite what had been two separate schools of thought on the causes of Alzheimer’s, and accelerating future research into effective treatments and cure.

November 2, 2017

Dr. Lewin, right, and Manas Biswal, PhD, co-PI, in their U. of Fla. lab.

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New Uses for Previously Tested Drugs?

Two scientists at the University of Florida, supported by a grant from BrightFocus’ Macular Degeneration Research program, have uncovered some tantalizing clues that a drug previously investigated to protect against nerve damage during cancer treatment could offer some protection for the nerve cells of the eye in late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration.

October 17, 2017

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Innovative Alzheimer’s Project is (Literally) Out of this World

Three cosmonauts participated in EyesOnALZ, a BrightFocus-funded research project that is the first-ever citizen science project dedicated to ending the disease.

September 28, 2017

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New Discovery May Aid Treatment of Late-Stage AMD

Kip Connor, PhD, with funding from Macular Degeneration Research (MDR), has lead a team of experts to discover an important role of immune cells that regulate, and could potentially stop, abnormal blood vessel growth in advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

September 5, 2017

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MDR Grantees Investigate Vitamins and Diet for AMD Prevention

Macular Degeneration Research grantees are looking at new ways to stop age-related macular degeneration. Two, in particular, are hoping that vitamins and diet will provide solutions.

September 5, 2017