The Symposium "Restoration of Vision" - jointly organized by The Ri.MED Foundation, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and School of Medicine, and The Paris-based Institut de la Vision-  aims at gathering together renown academia and industry experts to discuss the breakthroughs in vision restoration therapies. The meeting will overview the latest advances in gene therapy, neuroptotection, visual prostheses and stem cell treatments for currently incurable eye diseases. It will highlight the theoretical advances and emerging practical applications of visual information processing, optic nerve regeneration and corneal transplantation.
Special focus will be given on novel pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic targets for age-related macular degeneration.

The symposium will take place in Rome, Italy, October 26 and 27, 2017.

For furher details, programme and registration, please visit the homepage of the event

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