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Innovative Research & Training |
Those families who have so graciously donated their eyes for
research are helping improve or restore vision by helping medical
professionals find the causes of and new treatments for eye
diseases. Some tissue is also distributed to researchers engaged
in cutting-edge research to understand other diseases as well.
Eyes are needed and used for the purposes of training to perfect
surgical skills and/or techniques.
New Treatments for Central Nervous System Disorders
Through the generosity of North Carolina eye donors and
their families, people battling Parkinson's disease have
new hope. Scientists at Titan
Pharmaceuticals report in the results of a pilot study
that certain eye cells, when used as a part of an innovative
cell therapy called Spheramine®, helps reduce the
effects of Parkinson's disease. The North Carolina Eye
Bank provides the company with eye tissue used in this
groundbreaking research.
Parkinson’s disease affects more than one million
people in the United States and an estimated four million
people worldwide. Notable Parkinson's sufferers include
Muhammad Ali, Michael J. Fox and Janet Reno.
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Supporting Researchers at Local Universities
The North Carolina Eye Bank provides eye tissue to researchers fighting eye disease at the Duke University Eye Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Ophthalmology, and the Wake Forest University Eye Center.
Providing Tissue for Research Biorepositories
The North Carolina Eye Bank works with various companies to provide tissue to researchers for medical research toward the treatment of disease. These companies help medical researchers discover new diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and a wide range of other important diseases.
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For more information, please contact us at:
3900 Westpoint Blvd., Suite F Winston-Salem, NC 27103-3903
tel: 336.765.0932 fax: 336.765.8803
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