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• Stem Cells - Where are we now? (Irish Times)
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• Fighting Blindness Ireland & Retina International Celebrate Rare Disease Day – Monday, February 28, 2011
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• Artificial Retina Receives European Marketing Approval
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• Study Into Patients With Severe Retinal Dystrophy Underway in Dublin
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• Employment Opportunity
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• A Life Less Ordinary
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• ARAMARK Ireland Launches National Cupcake Week
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• The Strawberry Half Marathon Race Festival
• Highlights from ARVO 2011 Annual Meeting
• Fighting Blindness Working in Partnership with AMD Alliance to Improve Care of Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a Leading Cause of Vision Loss in the Developed World
• FDA Warning – Valproic acid - Risk to Children Exposed In Utero
• FDA Warning - Valproic Acid-Risk to Children In Utero
• Glendalough Trail 2011 Launched
• Six Months Left to Start Your Kilimanjaro Adventure
• LHON Clinical Trial has Very Promising Results So Far
• EPF Statement - A real partnership, with older patients in a central role, is the way forward
• Congratulations George McGrath!
• Chairman Speaks at International Conference focuses on leading cause of blindness
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• What Cost to Save a Life? (Sunday Business Post)
• October is Fighting Blindness Month in Wicklow
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• £26.5 million awarded for translational research in U.K
• FDA Alerts Health Care Professionals of Infection Risk from Repackaged Avastin
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