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Fondation Brain Canada

braincanada.ca

Grants since 2016
704
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
CAD 220.4M
Funded works, last 5 years
1 587
Funded works, all time
2 836

Grants

2024 · grant · Capacity building grants — Canadian Cancer Society Training Grants

Project Overview Retina-based optogenetic therapy is a promising approach to restore vision to individuals suffering from retinal degeneration. After photoreceptor degeneration, optogenetics are targeted to remaining retinal neurons that are not intrinsically light sensitive, in order to make them light-responsive. However, due to technical reasons, the nature of light responses in the retina following optogenetic therapy differ from the light responses in healthy retina. It is unknown how alter

Shreya Gandhi · Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

CAD 180k