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Doug Chung, Ph.D., from Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA was awarded a $65,000 research grant to study an early childhood corneal disorder
Doug Chung, Ph.D., from Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA was awarded a $65,000 research grant to study an early childhood corneal disorder

The worldwide shortage of donor corneas and postoperative complications present challenges to surgically treating children who are blind from CHED. Therefore, a clearer understanding of disease mechanisms that underlie CHED is needed in an effort to develop alternative treatments (e.g. gene based therapeutics) that will improve patient outcomes and decrease the dependence on donor cornea tissue.

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2019 BookletBrandon Mullins