University of Utah ophthalmologist receives $100,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness

(University of Utah Health Sciences) Research to Prevent Blindness, a New York-based foundation, has announced that University of Utah researcher Wolfgang Baehr, Ph.D., will receive the Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa -- and an accompanying $100,000 to pursue new scientific leads to understand contributors to blindness.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/uouh-uou062614.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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