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- 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
- Oculis Appoints New Members of Senior Management Teamhttps://modernod.com/news/oculis-appoints-new-members-of-senior-management-team/2479655/Oculis announced the appointments of Fabio Baschiera, PharmD, MPh, PhD, as Vice President of Clinical Development, and Louie-Anne Gauthier, M.Sc., as Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Business Development and Licensing. “We are delighted to welcome Fabio and Louie-Anne to the Oculis m
- 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
- New Data from Johnson & Johnson Vision Highlights the Need and Potential Standards for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Myopiahttps://modernod.com/news/new-data-from-johnson-johnson-vision-highlights-the-need-and-potential-standards-for-evidence-based-decision-making-in-myopia/2479698/Johnson & Johnson Vision announced that Noel A Brennan, PhD, the company’s Global Platform Lead for Myopia Control, will present data on myopia progression and investigational methods to control it at the 2018 American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, held November 7-10 in San Antonio, Te
- Glaucoma Research Foundation Grant Leads to Breakthrough in Neuron Regenerationhttps://modernod.com/news/glaucoma-research-foundation-grant-leads-to-breakthrough-in-neuron-regeneration/2479971/The Glaucoma Research Foundation announced a team of neuroscience researchers, led by Adriana Di Polo, PhD, at the University of Montreal, have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of glaucoma. The research, which was made possible by a Glaucoma Research Foundation Shaffer Grant, could also
- Researchers Take Step Closer to Developing AMD Eye Dropshttps://modernod.com/news/researchers-take-step-closer-to-developing-amd-eye-drops/2480007/Scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, say they are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionize treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a university news release. Scientists led by biochemist Felicity de Cogan, PhD, from the Univer
- Alzheimer’s Therapeutics Research Leader Dr. Roy Twyman Joins NeuroVision Imaging Boardhttps://modernod.com/news/alzheimers-therapeutics-research-leader-dr-roy-twyman-joins-neurovision-imaging-board/2480013/Roy Ervin Twyman, MD, PhD, an academic neurologist with nearly 20 years’ experience in neuroscience pharmaceutical drug development, will join the NeuroVision Imaging Board of Directors on July 20. NeuroVision is developing and studying an experimental, breakthrough, low-cost, noninvasive,