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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awards $3.73 million to Mark Humayun, MD, PhD to develop a novel treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration

By Alexandra Demetriou The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) recently awarded $3.73 million to Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, who serves as director of the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics and co-director of the USC Roski Eye Institute. The grant is part of CIRM’s translational research program to propel California […]

Dr. Mark Humayun featured in Nature Outlook for groundbreaking work to treat blindness

By Alexandra Demetriou Dr. Mark Humayun from the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics was recently featured in Nature Outlook for his outstanding contributions to advance the treatment of blindness. The article highlighted a handful of the world’s top researchers tackling the problem of retinal degeneration, which is the leading cause […]

Researchers at the USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics develop augmented reality glasses to help low-vision patients navigate their environments

By Alexandra Demetriou A team of researchers at the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics recently developed a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses to help visually impaired patients navigate their surroundings and perceive depth more clearly. The glasses were designed to help patients with a degenerative eye disease called retinitis […]