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BrightFocus funds exceptional scientific research worldwide to defeat Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases.

Take a moment to watch our video: "Cure in Mind. Cure in Sight."

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We are a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, and are working to save mind and sight.

 

 

This content was last updated on: June 10, 2019

This content was first posted on: August 6, 2017

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