corporate partners
Fighting Blindness Canada’s (FBC) corporate partners and sponsors help us fund innovative treatments and cures for 1.2 million Canadians living with vision loss, as well as national education programs bringing awareness to…
Restore Vision 20/20 Research Awards: Developing Treatments to Restore Sight
In 2018 Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) announced the first Restore Vision 20/20 research awards which support world-class research teams to develop therapeutic approaches for late-stage retinal degeneration, specifically retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Through…
FBC-funded researcher studies photoreceptor cell metabolism in RP
Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is pleased to be supporting Dr. Peter Campochiaro’s (Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University) research into retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Dr. Campochiaro is a world-renowned clinician-scientist whose research program…
NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH AN EYE DISEASE
Being diagnosed with an eye disease can be confusing and scary. You may have a lot of questions or, you may not know what questions to ask. This page shares helpful information…
HOW THE EYE WORKS
Light rays enter the eye through the cornea—the clear surface of the eye. The shape of the cornea bends light rays so they can enter the pupil. The iris is the coloured…
AN INTRODUCTION TO PATIENT ADVISORY GROUPS
At Fighting Blindness Canada, we often connect with pharmaceutical companies who are developing treatments for blinding eye diseases and are working to understand the patient voice. We have developed a brief survey…
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