The Eye on the Cure Podcast from the Foundation Fighting Blindness provides science information, news, and insights from the world of vision and retinal diseases. The podcasts are hosted by Ben Shaberman, senior director scientific outreach, and often include conversations with guests from the research and vision communities. You can reach out to the host at podcast@fightingblindness.org.

Eye on the Cure Podcast

June 18, 2021. Host Ben Shaberman interviews Dr. Daniel Chung, chief medical officer at SparingVision, which is developing a gene-agnostic therapy to preserve cone vision in people with retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, and related conditions. A clinical trial launch for the emerging treatment, known as SPVN06, is planned for late 2021 or early 2022.

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 3: Dr. Daniel Chung

May 28, 2021. Sheila Nirenberg, PhD, a professor at Cornell and founder at Bionic Sight talks with Ben Shaberman about her company's innovative optogenetic therapy which provides hope for vision restoration for people with advanced vision loss from retinal diseases. The approach has shown encouraging results in an early stage clinical trial.

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 2: Sheila Nirenberg, PhD

May 14, 2021. In the inaugural Eye on the Cure podcast, host Ben Shaberman explains why the retina is such a great target for therapy development and also provides some updates from the clinical trial frontlines.

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 1: Welcome

July 2, 2021. Jill Dolgin, the executive director of patient advocacy at AGTC, talks to Ben about her role in helping patients understand clinical research. They also discuss AGTC's current gene therapy clinical trials for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa and achromatopsia.

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 4: Jill Dolgin, AGTC

July 16, 2021. Ben Shaberman chats with Morten Bonde, senior art director at Lego Group in Copenhagen and author of the book "Sentenced to Blindness – Now What?"

Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 5: Morten Bonde

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is the driving force in the global development of treatments and cures for blinding diseases. To learn more, go to FightingBlindness.org.