It also honors a young woman with severe vision loss who passed away in 2017.
Usually, people cycle indoors to raise money for the McPherson Eye Research Institute.
Because of the pandemic, people are encouraged to exercise wherever they can over the next 10 days.
Sunday, 50 to 60 people walked around the Capitol, led by the family of Kenzi Valentyn from Verona. It s a comment on who she was when she touched a lot of people during her short life. And so, it s a testament to how she touched people, both in terms of her interaction with them, but also her story and the inspiration that she provided, said her father, Tim Valentyn.
Cycle for Sight fundraiser for blindness research rides on
April 25, 2021 3:15 PM Gabriella Bachara
MADISON, Wis.– COVID-19 isn’t stopping the 10th Annual Cycle for Sight fundraiser from riding on, but it is changing the mechanics of it.
The Cycle for Sight fundraiser benefits the McPherson Eye Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It will take place from Friday, April 23 through Sunday, May 2.
Instead of a one-day, indoor cycling event, participants are asked to walk, bike or run for one hour at some point over the next ten days.
All money raised will fund research for eye disorders including, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, childhood-related sight disorders and more.
New photoreceptors from human pluripotent stem cells restores sight to injured retinas
Tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or have had accidents that permanently damage the light-sensitive photoreceptors within their retinas that enable vision.
The human body is not capable of regenerating those photoreceptors, but new advances by medical researchers and engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison may provide hope for those suffering from vision loss. They described their work today in the journal Science Advances.
Researchers at UW–Madison have made new photoreceptors from human pluripotent stem cells. However, it remains challenging to precisely deliver those photoreceptors within the diseased or damaged eye so that they can form appropriate connections, says David Gamm, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or have had accidents that permanently damage the light-sensitive photoreceptors within their retinas that enable vision.
The human body is not capable of regenerating those photoreceptors, but new advances by medical researchers and engineers at the University of WisconsinâMadison may provide hope for those suffering from vision loss. They described their work today in the journal Science Advances.
Researchers at UWâMadison have made new photoreceptors from human pluripotent stem cells. However, it remains challenging to precisely deliver those photoreceptors within the diseased or damaged eye so that they can form appropriate connections, says David Gamm, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual
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