Two out of five new National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative grants were awarded to teams headed by McPherson Eye Research Institute investigators, the NEI announced on Thursday, 10/8. The funds, awarded “to accelerate the development of regenerative treatments for blindness,” were given to teams headed by Dr. David Gamm at UW-Madison, and Dr. Joseph Carroll at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Carroll’s team also includes McPherson ERI investigators Dana Merriman, PhD (UW-Oshkosh) and Dr. Daniel Lipinski, MSC, DPhil (MCW).
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