Rob Hage was a patient at the University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research and is now using his brewery Blind Butcher Brewery in Iowa and nonprofit BREWS for BLiNDNESS to raise money for future patients’ treatment. Hage was diagnosed in 2009 with a hereditary eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. All of the proceeds for.
The University of Iowa secured a record-breaking $867 million in external funding for fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30. This outpaces the previous record of $818 million and represents a 6% increase over fiscal year 2021.
This 6-year-old Iowa boy is losing his vision and hearing. But his family holds on to hope.
John Koch, 6, plays Dec. 9 on his family’s farm near Washington, Iowa. John’s parents are trying to let him experience as much of life with his hearing and vision as he can before the senses fade due to genetic mutations. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
John Koch, 6, holds a kitty Dec. 9 on his family’s farm near Washington, Iowa. He has been diagnosed with Usher syndrome type 2A, which doctors say means his hearing and vision will slowly fade. “We’re hoping to have some gene and stem cell therapy that will work for this condition in this child’s lifetime,” a University of Iowa expert said in an interview. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)