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Research to Prevent Blindness

Recent RPB Research

"We have basically created a miniature human retina in a dish that not only has the architectural organization of the retina but also has the ability to sense light," says RPB Special Scholar Awardee Dr. Valeria Canto-Soler, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In the long term, these structures could be used to study the causes of retinal diseases, to test drugs tailored to individual patients, and possibly to replace diseased or dead retinal tissue.

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