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The Alcon Foundation Grants

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The Alcon Foundation Grants

Funder: Glaucoma Research Foundation (funding provided by The Alcon Foundation)

Program Type: Named research grant supporting glaucoma research

Focus Areas:

  • Gene therapy in spontaneous animal models of glaucoma

  • Retinal ganglion cell death mechanisms

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor blockers and aqueous humor dynamics

  • Exosomal RNAs and aqueous humor dynamics

  • Caveolins and lamina cribrosa fibrosis

  • Axonal degeneration pathways

  • Local drug delivery to optic nerve head

  • Noninvasive assessment of optic nerve head autoregulation
  • Background: The Alcon Foundation has provided funding for multiple glaucoma research projects through the Shaffer Research Grants program, supporting both basic science research and translational studies aimed at understanding and treating glaucoma.

    Contact: Glaucoma Research Foundation, 131 Steuart Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 986-3162

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