The Oregon Retinal Degeneration Center at Casey Eye Institute received the first installment of a $4.75 million grant from the Lincy Foundation. The grant will be used to develop stem cell therapies to treat retinal degeneration, in particular age-related macular degeneration. Oregon Retinal Degeneration Center researchers Peter Francis, MD, PhD, Ray Lund, PhD, Richard Weleber, MD, and Shaomei Wang, MD, PhD, along with Martha Neuringer, PhD, of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, will collaborate.
