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o CIRM and BCC present "A Vision for the Future: Treating Blindness with Stem Cells

"A Vision for the Future: Treating Blindness with Stem Cells" is the topic of a talk by Dr. Dennis Clegg at Berkeley City College, 7-8 p.m.

The free and open to the public lecture will explore whether stem cells can be applied in novel therapies to treat eye diseases such as age related macular degeneration. Dr. Clegg is professor and co-director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara. He is co-principal investigator of the California Project to Cure Blindness, a multidisciplinary effort to develop stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration. The lecture is part of a series sponsored by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and Berkeley City College

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