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most exciting fields of technological and therapeutic innovations.
The Symposium “Restoration of Vision” – jointly organized by Ri.MED Foundation, University of Pittsburgh and the Paris-based Institut de la Vision – has brought together top experts in ophthalmology to discuss the breakthroughs in vision restoration therapies to facilitate integrative multidisciplinary research and to translate laboratory discoveries into new diagnostic tools, medical devices and therapies for patients.
The meeting has overviewed the latest advances in gene therapy, neuroprotection, visual prostheses and stem cell treatments for currently incurable eye diseases, highlighting the theoretical advances and emerging practical applications of visual information processing, optic nerve regeneration and corneal transplantation. Special focus was given to novel pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic targets for age-related macular degeneration.
Institut de la Vision is one of the leading vision research centers in Europe. It brings together researchers, clinicians and industry partners for conception, development and evaluation of innovative strategies for diagnosis and treatment of currently incurable eye diseases. To address the patient needs, the main efforts of the institute are directed toward translation to clinic of emerging therapeutic strategies, including neuroprotection, stem cells, gene therapy, pharmacology and visual prostheses.
