Disease Focus: Vision Loss

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Spotlight on Macular Degeneration: Seminar by Mark Humayun, M.D., Ph.D.

Mark Humayun, M.D., Ph.D. spoke at the “Spotlight on Macular Degeneration,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on April 29, 2009. Humayun has a CIRM disease team award to develop stem cell based treatment strategies for age-related macular degeneration. Humayun is professor of ophthalmology, biomedical engineering, and cell and neurobiology at […]

Spotlight on Macular Degeneration: Seminar by Sharon Hayes

Sharon Hayes spoke at the “Spotlight on Macular Degeneration,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board Meeting on April 29, 2009. Hayes spoke about being diagnosed with macular degeneration and the impact that the disease has had on her life. Hayes was introduced by her physician, Carmen Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A. Puliafito is dean […]

Stem Cell Based Therapies for Blindness: David Hinton – CIRM Science Writer’s Seminar

David Hinton, Ph.D., spoke at the Scientific Writer’s Seminar, a workshop presented on September 17, 2008 at CIRM headquarters in San Francisco. Hinton has a CIRM grant to study the therapeutic potential of retinal pigment epithelial cell lines derived from human embryonic stem cells for retinal degeneration. Hinton is a professor of pathology, neurosurgery, and […]