Glaucoma Research Foundation Announces $1.3 Million in Research Grants.
| | | Dear Tushar,
World Glaucoma Week is a unique initiative to help those with an interest in improved eye health to understand the devastating effects of this condition that will affect 80 million people by 2020. Experts estimate that half of the people with glaucoma are unaware of it and could be slowly losing their sight because it has not been diagnosed or treated. 2017 marks the 9th year of observance for World Glaucoma Week -- the observance was first established by the World Glaucoma Association and World Glaucoma Patient Association in 2008. World Glaucoma Week 2017:
Glaucoma Research Foundation Announces
$1.3 Million in Research Grants | | | Grants supporting innovative research will help to preserve vision and speed the cure for glaucoma -- a leading cause of blindness worldwide.
Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF) marked World Glaucoma Week by announcing $1.3 million in research grants. GRF is funding eight researchers at prestigious universities and medical research centers with one-year Shaffer Grants, as well as the four principal investigators engaged in the multi-year Catalyst for a Cure biomarker initiative.
GRF is awarding $1 million to the Catalyst for a Cure research team -- principal investigators at four laboratories working collaboratively and seeking specific biomarkers for glaucoma -- and eight individual grant recipients will receive $40,000 each to support research into the causes and potential new treatment targets for glaucoma. This investment continues Glaucoma Research Foundation's status as one of the nation's largest private sources of funding for innovative glaucoma research.
"Glaucoma Research Foundation invests in innovative research to discover the mechanisms by which glaucoma causes vision loss, and to determine the best treatments to preserve vision," said Thomas M. Brunner, GRF President and CEO. "To date we have funded more than 200 research projects to study all aspects of glaucoma, to discover new treatments and ultimately a cure. The 2017 research grants continue this important work." he said. | | Related articles: Related media: | | | Catalyst for a Cure 2017 Research Progress Report
The Catalyst for a Cure researchers are working to identify new glaucoma biomarkers and develop technology to accurately measure those biomarkers in glaucoma patients. Watch this update on their recent progress.
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