Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1384 University of Houston (143272)
Principal Investigator: Della Santina,Luca
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 87,020
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 8/1/22 - 7/31/26
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Optometry
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Optometry Vision Sciences
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO RETINAL GANGLION CELL REPLACEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL GLAUCOMA
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Indiana University
CFDA Link: HHS
93.867
Program Title:
n/a
CFDA Linked: Vision Research
Note:
We propose to employ a series of manipulations to both donor RGCs and the recipient NHP retina in order to overcome the existing barriers to RGC replacement and thus make a giant leap forward toward realization of the audacious goal to restore vision in persons blinded by glaucoma or other optic neuropathies. SAMs 1.1.1
Discussion: No discussion notes