Older Research News

June 2022 

• Fighting Blindness-funded Target 5000 team wins Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland award for Ophthalmology research paper
• Travelling across Brazil for a cure for Leber congenital amaurosis 10 (LCA10)

May 2022

• Fighting Blindness Supports Irish Representation at ARVO 2022
• Shedding light into the molecular mechanisms on how the protein RAB28 is involved in inherited blindness
• Do blind people recall speech better than sighted people?
• Emerging Researcher Award 2022 Winners Announcement

April 2022

• First paediatric patient with Leber Congenital Amaurosis 10 (LCA10) dosed in clinical trial
• Fighting Blindness Career Development Award: Winners Announcement

March 2022

• A novel gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
• Could a drug used for treating alcoholism help revive vision?
• Circadian clock may protect eyes from aging

February 2022

• Novel approach found to genetic testing of Inherited Retinal Degenerations (IRDs)
• Scientists pinpoint genetic target with promise for treating many forms of blindness
• New study into Stargardt disease looks into the genetic chances of a child’s risk of developing low vision

November 2021

• Fighting Blindness Emerging Researcher Award

October 2019

• Irish participation at the International Scholars in Retinal Imaging Programme

August 2019

• Fighting Blindness funded scientists show that a compound found in the contraceptive pill may protect against retinal degeneration

December 2018

• ProQR announces clearance of Investigational New Drug (IND) to start clinical trial of an RNA-therapy in people with Usher Syndrome Type 2
• Ronnie Whelan launches new AMD Guide
• Spotlight on Dr. Sarah Doyle and her research on SARM1
• First gene therapy for blindness approved in Europe

September 2018

• Vision Science Summer Camps by Rebecca Ward, Researcher at UCD and Fighting Blindness-funded PhD

June 2018

• Spotlight on Genetic Counselling
• RNA therapies for inherited retinal diseases
• Genetic counselling for inherited retinal degenerations

March 2018

• Stem cell treatment holds potential to improve sight in people with macular degeneration
• Spotlight on optogenetics
• Using zebrafish models to understand inherited sight loss in childhood

September 2017

• World Retina Day 2017
• RPE65 gene therapy update
• Gene Editing – what does this mean for inherited retinal degeneration?

June 2017

• Fighting Blindness invests in developing adaptive optics in Ireland
• Reinventing the eye exam with artificial intelligence

March 2017

• NightstaRx commences first phase I/II gene therapy clinical trial for x-linked retinitis pigmentosa
• New Gene Discovery Research funded by Fighting Blindness

February 2017

• UCD to lead new international research consortium to accelerate development of ophthalmic treatments
• LHON gene therapy clinical trial seeking participants

September 2016

• New research project to be funded by Fighting Blindness in DIT

August 2016

• IRIS®II becomes third bionic retina approved in Europe
• Diabetic retinopathy video launched

June 2016

• Ireland’s first stem cell tissue transplant eye operation
• Positive step forward for retina gene therapy

May 2016

• QLT Inc. completes enrolment in natural history study for RP and LCA

March 2016

• Gene editing for retinal degenerations
• Patient led research moves closer to the clinic