Monthly Archives: May 2015

Ocumetics Bionic Lens could give you vision 3x better than 20/20

Imagine being able to see three times better than 20/20 vision without wearing glasses or contacts — even at age 100 or more — with the help of bionic lenses implanted in your eyes. Source: Ocumetics Bionic Lens could give you vision 3x better than 20/20

Make A Miracle Conference

The Aniridia Foundation International and The University of British Columbia Department of Ophthalmology Presents The Ninth “Make a Miracle” Medical and Scientific Meeting August 13-15, 2015 Venue: University of British Columbia Eye Care Centre Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences 2550 Willow Street Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 3N9 Keynote Speaker Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD…

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Gwynedd Cylch Meithrin saved from closure

Fundraisers net £11,000 for Llanwnda nursery school, which supports toddler with rare eye condition Source: Gwynedd Cylch Meithrin saved from closure

PTC Therapeutics' (PTCT) CEO Stuart Peltz on Q1 2015 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

We are pleased to announce that the next indication we will investigate with Translarna is nonsense mutation aniridia. One of the 30 publications that I referenced earlier highlighted Translarna’s ability to promote nonsense mutation readthrough in an aniridia mouse model. Aniridia the genetic disorder caused by mutations in the PAX6 gene, which occurs in about…

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