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World Sight Day to focus global attention on vision impairment
Thursday October 9th 2008 will be officially designated World Sight Day — an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. Continue reading…
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“Glaucoma Cure Not A National Priority”
With a growing threat of blindness from glaucoma looming, “finding a cure or therapies that can avert this threat is simply not an urgent national imperative,” reports Allen Poirson, PhD, the new Director of Scientific Programs and Licensing for the Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), previewing the results of his “Glaucoma Research and Development Efforts” (GRaDE) as the Daniel Scott Weston Glaucoma Research Lecturer of GRF’s Silicon Valley chapter fall event. Continue reading…
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2008 Black Expo: Focus on Eye Health
On July 19th and 20th, Glaucoma Research Foundation participated in the 2008 Black Expo, the largest event of its kind in Northern California. Continue reading…
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“Glaucoma Cure Not A National Priority”
With a growing threat of blindness from glaucoma looming, “finding a cure or therapies that can avert this threat is simply not an urgent national imperative,” reports Allen Poirson, PhD, the new Director of Scientific Programs and Licensing for the Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), previewing the results of his “Glaucoma Research and Development Efforts” (GRaDE) as the Daniel Scott Weston Glaucoma Research Lecturer of GRF’s Silicon Valley chapter fall event. Continue reading…