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1st appeared 3 August 1999

Ophthalmology Receives Grant for Blinding Diseases Research

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a $100,000 grant to the UCSF department of ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatments and prevention of blinding diseases. The research will be directed by Steve G. Kramer, chair of the department.

RPB is the world’s leading voluntary organization supporting eye research. To date, the organization has awarded grants to UCSF totaling $2,799,256.

One of the department’s most important benefactors, RPB continues its support for the search that is directed against overcoming blinding diseases, such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, ocular tumors, neuroophthalmological diseases, cataracts, corneal diseases, and eye diseases of children.

Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled more than $166 million to medical institutions throughout the United States for research into all blinding eye diseases.

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UCSF Department of Ophthalmology

Research to Prevent Blindness

UCSF Gets Grant in Fight to Curb Blindness (1997)

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