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- Lineage Cell Therapeutics Presents Encouraging Data on Vision Restoration Programhttps://modernod.com/news/lineage-cell-therapeutics-presents-encouraging-data-on-vision-restoration-program/2477041/Lineage Cell Therapeutics announced today that Igor Nasonkin, PhD, Principal Investigator and Director of R&D, served as a co-Chair of the Neural Differentiation, Transplantation, and Regeneration Nanosymposium, in addition to presenting data on the company’s Vision Restoration Program at Neu
- Oculis Announces Appointment of Leading Ophthalmology Specialists to Scientific Advisory Boardhttps://modernod.com/news/oculis-announces-appointment-of-leading-ophthalmology-specialists-to-scientific-advisory-board/2476888/Oculis SA announced the appointments of Eric Donnenfeld, MD, and Pr. Ramin Tadayoni, MD, PhD, to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). “I am pleased to welcome Eric and Ramin to our SAB and look forward to their contributions as we focus on our objective of developing topical medicines that
- Prism Vision Group Announces Launch of New Brandhttps://modernod.com/news/prism-vision-group-announces-launch-of-new-brand/2476726/Prism Vision Group, an ophthalmology administrative services care provider organization, was officially launched. The new entity is led by Steven Madreperla, MD, PhD, a practicing ophthalmologist and one of the founding partners of NJRetina, a specialty retina practice with roots that reac
- New Research to Explore How to Help Adults With Vision Loss Continue to Drive Safelyhttps://modernod.com/news/new-research-to-explore-how-to-help-adults-with-vision-loss-continue-to-drive-safely/2476688/Envision announced that it has awarded a new fellowship for postdoctoral research studies involving low vision and blind rehabilitation to Jing Xu, PhD, who will explore how to help adults with vision loss continue to drive safely. Beginning in July, her research will be based out of the Gigi and
- The Maze of Vision Loss and Depression in Older Adultshttps://modernod.com/news/the-maze-of-vision-loss-and-depression-in-older-adults/2476619/“The association between vision loss and depression is a complex conundrum,” Alan R. Morse, JD, PhD, President and CEO of Lighthouse Guild, said in a commentary on the challenges of vision loss and depression in older adults, published today in JAMA O
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.6M Grant to Study Retinoblastomahttps://modernod.com/news/childrens-hospital-los-angeles-receives-1-6m-grant-to-study-retinoblastoma/2476397/Retinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age and accounts for approximately 4% of childhood cancers. If not diagnosed early, retinoblastoma may result in loss of one or both eyes and can be fatal. David Cobrinik, MD, PhD, of The Saban Researc
- Prevent Blindness Announces Recipient of 2019 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Healthhttps://modernod.com/news/prevent-blindness-announces-recipient-of-2019-jenny-pomeroy-award-for-excellence-in-vision-and-public-health/2476374/Prevent Blindness has announced the recipient of the 2019 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health is Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH, Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medic
- Spark Therapeutics Gene Therapy Pioneers Win $1 Million Sanford Lorraine Cross Awardhttps://modernod.com/news/spark-therapeutics-gene-therapy-pioneers-win-1-million-sanford-lorraine-cross-award/2476159/Two women with a vision to make the blind see were the winners of the inaugural $1 million Sanford Lorraine Cross Award. Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, and Katherine A. High, MD, whose work with the RPE65 mutation has reversed an inherited form of blindness, accepted the award on December 4 at Sanford He
- MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Scientific Innovation Award for Research on AMDhttps://modernod.com/news/mdi-biological-laboratory-scientist-receives-scientific-innovation-award-for-research-on-amd/2476162/Vicki P. Losick, PhD, has been named the inaugural recipient of an award from the William Procter Scientific Innovation Fund. The award will support her research at the MDI Biological Laboratory on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The Procter Fund was established at the MDI Biologic
- Santen Expands Research and Development Leadership Teamhttps://modernod.com/news/santen-expands-research-and-development-leadership-team/2479666/Santen announced the expansion of its research and development leadership team through the addition of two new executive hires. Reza M. Haque, MD, PhD, has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Global Research and Development Strategy, and Peter Sallstig, MD, MBA