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Italian Achromatopsia Association Increases Global Awareness of Achromatopsia, a Rare Genetic Eye Disease, With an Expedition to Pingelap, the Island of the Color Blind

TRENTO, Italy, Aug. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Italian Achromatopsia Association (IAA) today announced that it is organizing a trip to Pingelap, a remote Micronesian atoll in the South Pacific, ...
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Shaky, jerky eyes in an 8-week-old infant

At 8 months, Samuel was still developing normally apart from his photosensitivity and pendular nystagmus. An electroretinogram (ERG) was ordered to confirm the diagnosis. An ERG is a diagnostic test ...
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A video of a Pittsfield tot trying on a life-changing pair of glasses has gone viral — and given her mother a community of support

PITTSFIELD — When Caydan Ziemba put on her glasses for the first time, it was like the world snapped into focus. After months of doctor’s visits and vision tests, and a few rounds of getting the ...
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AGTC Announces Robust Improvements in Visual Sensitivity in Adult and Pediatric Patients, and Plans to Continue Clinical Development of AGTC-401 in Patients with CNGB3 ...

AGTC-401 demonstrated a favorable safety profile through second-highest dose (1.1E+12 vg/mL) in ACHMB3 pediatric patients At the dose of 1.1E+12 vg/mL greater than 50% of the combined adults and ...
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Our Opinion: When something goes viral for all the right reasons

Sometimes, it’s far too easy to take some assumptions for granted that we shouldn’t: that we all see the world the same way; that we are alone in our struggles assigned by the vagaries of fate; that ...