Foundation Fighting Blindness: Driving Treatments and Cures for Blinding Diseases
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By Ben Shaberman, Vice President of Science Communications at Foundation Fighting Blindness
Blinding retinal diseases affect 200 million people around the world. They can cause devastating vision loss for people of all ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
With genetic blinding diseases, children are often diagnosed with relentless, progressive vision loss at a young age. In some cases, kids are born blind
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IMAGE: Eric and Henry © Courtesy of Foundation Fighting Blindness
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