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8 devices for monitoring seizures in children
Seizures are scary, but there are ways to monitor and predict them, from movement or breathing monitors to wearable devices and apps.
10 Things you feel when you’re considering brain surgery for your child
If you are looking at the possibility of brain surgery for your child with epilepsy, what thoughts and concerns have plagued you?
How one tiny fish may help us find a cure for blindness
At the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, they are studying the visual system of the zebrafish in hopes of finding cures for blindness.
The search for a treatment for LCA10-CEP290
Laura Steinbusch reports on exciting news from ProQR and their trials for a treatment for blindness caused by LCA10-CEP290.
Saving Vision by Tricking Rods into Thinking They’re Cones?
A different way to think about saving vision in inherited retinal diseases may be to turn rods into cones.
Is Google Planing to Cure Blindness?
With recent patent filings and new applications for Google Glass, it does look like Google is interested in getting into the vision business.
Update on LCA Treatment and Spark Therapeutics
Spark Therapeutics continues to test their treatment for LCA (RPE-65) and they find that it is safe, efficient and provides long term benefits
The Science Behind an Upcoming Treatment for LCA10/LCA-CEP290
A doctor in the Netherlands is developing a treatment for LCA that could help patients with the CEP290 mutation.
New App Helps Patients Manage Care After Strabismus Surgery
A new pilot app from Boston Children's Hospital allows doctors in their Ophthalmology Department to remotely monitor patients after surgery for strabismus.
CEP290 in LCA and other Ciliopathies
Mutations in the CEP290 gene are linked to many different ciliopathies (disease of the cilia), like LCA, Joubert Syndrome, Meckel syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome and more.
A Shared Vision: Resources for Inherited Retinal Diseases
Spark Therapeutics has launched a new website designed to help patients, caregivers and health care professionals better understand inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) and the importance of genetic testing.
New Technology Could Cure Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
Gene-editing technology could personalize how we treat eye diseases.
Gene Therapy: What is it and how does it work?
With so much in the news these days about gene therapy, you may be wondering if there really is a treatment on the horizon to benefit inherited eye diseases. The good news is that YES there is!
Rare Disease Resources
Rare diseases affect over 350 million people in the world and it is estimated that 50% of those affected are children. If your child has been diagnosed with a rare disease, please know that you are not alone!
My child was just diagnosed with a retinal disorder, are there any treatments? Is there a cure?
Blindness due to a retinal disorder is no longer completely untreatable. There are devices that can restore or augment sight as well as some serious movement in the world of genetic therapy and stem cell research.
