Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
With stem cells the focus of much recent attention in the media, this statement from Dr. David Gamm clarifies both the promise and the misconceptions about stem cell use for vision therapies.
Why do age-related diseases occur when people age? This sounds like a simple question – when else should they occur? But it is a key question that applies to retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects roughly 11 million people in the U.S. and usually leads to loss of central vision. Aging is …
Approximately 150 people heard Dr. Jose-Alain Sahel deliver the 5th Annual McPherson Endowed Lecture on Thursday, April 27th.
5th Annual Endowed Lecture – Thursday, April 27, 2017 Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1335 José-Alain Sahel, MD, PhD Shooting in the Dark: Maintaining cone function in retinal degenerations