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    • Vasyly Rohovyy
    • Mark Pappas
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    • Press Room
    • Our donors: The Western Medical Eye Bank Foundation
  • What is Vision Impairment?
    • Basic Eye Anatomy
    • Economic Impact of Vision Impairment
    • Living with Vision Impairment
    • Eye Diseases
      • Age-Related Macular Degeneration
      • Cataracts
      • Diabetic Eye Disease
      • Glaucoma
    • Eye Care & Safety
    • Clinical Trials
    • Glossary of Vision Related Terms
  • Our Research
    • Can stem cells eliminate a cause for glaucoma?
      • Meet Yiqin Du, MD, PHD
    • Sensory Substitution - Seeing with Our Tongues
      • Meet Amy Nau, OD, FAAO
      • The BrainPort Journal
    • Retinal Degeneration
      • Meet Xiangyun Wei, PhD
    • The Ocular Surface - Our Window to the World
      • Meet Shiva Swamynathan, PhD
    • Learning How Bacteria Cause Infections
      • Meet Robert Shanks, PhD
    • The Campbell Laboratory
      • Meet Regis Kowalski, MS, BS, [M]ASCP
    • Corneal Cell Biology Laboratory (CCBL)
      • CCBL Projects
      • CCBL Publications
    • Ophthalmic Imaging Research Laboratory (OIRL)
      • OIRL Projects
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      • OIRL Publications
      • OIRL Team
    • OTERO Program
      • OTERO Program Call for Applications 2014
    • Clinical Trials
    • Ocular Immunology Laboratory (OIL)
      • OIL Projects
        • How does the innate immune system clear herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) from the cornea?
        • How does the adaptive immune system contribute to herpes stromal keratitis?
        • How does the immune system prevent HSV-1 from reactivating from a normally quiescent state in sensory neurons to cause recurrent disease?
        • How can we design a vaccine to prevent recurrent herpes keratitis?
        • Why do people with herpes stromal keratitis tend to reject corneal transplants, and how can we prevent it?
      • OIL Publications
    • Visual Neuroscience
      • Meet Matt Smith, PhD
  • Support Us
  • Events
    • Annual conferences: Vision Restoration: Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology
      • 2012 Conference Highlights
        • Agenda 2012
        • Speakers
        • Poster Session
        • Continuing Medical Education
        • Corporate Support and Industry Exhibits
        • Scientific Advisory Board
    • Lectures: Innovations in Vision Restoration
      • Development of Noninvasive, Controlled Release Therapeutics for Glaucoma
      • Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches for Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases
      • Personalized Medicine
      • Tissue-specific Roles of CEP290 in Photoreceptor Development and Ciliogenesis
  • Success Stories
    • George Brummel
    • Melissa & Mark Riccobono
    • James Jasey
    • Vasyly Rohovyy
    • Mark Pappas

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  • About the Fox Center
    • Our Leadership
      • Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS
      • Igor Nasonkin, PhD
      • Louis J. Fox
    • About Pittsburgh
    • Contact Us
    • Press Room
    • Our donors: The Western Medical Eye Bank Foundation
  • What is Vision Impairment?
    • Basic Eye Anatomy
    • Economic Impact of Vision Impairment
    • Living with Vision Impairment
    • Eye Diseases
      • Age-Related Macular Degeneration
      • Cataracts
      • Diabetic Eye Disease
      • Glaucoma
    • Eye Care & Safety
    • Clinical Trials
    • Glossary of Vision Related Terms
  • Our Research
    • Can stem cells eliminate a cause for glaucoma?
      • Meet Yiqin Du, MD, PHD
    • Sensory Substitution - Seeing with Our Tongues
      • Meet Amy Nau, OD, FAAO
      • The BrainPort Journal
    • Retinal Degeneration
      • Meet Xiangyun Wei, PhD
    • The Ocular Surface - Our Window to the World
      • Meet Shiva Swamynathan, PhD
    • Learning How Bacteria Cause Infections
      • Meet Robert Shanks, PhD
    • The Campbell Laboratory
      • Meet Regis Kowalski, MS, BS, [M]ASCP
    • Corneal Cell Biology Laboratory (CCBL)
      • CCBL Projects
      • CCBL Publications
    • Ophthalmic Imaging Research Laboratory (OIRL)
      • OIRL Projects
      • OIRL Collaborators
      • OIRL Publications
      • OIRL Team
    • OTERO Program
      • OTERO Program Call for Applications 2014
    • Clinical Trials
    • Ocular Immunology Laboratory (OIL)
      • OIL Projects
        • How does the innate immune system clear herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) from the cornea?
        • How does the adaptive immune system contribute to herpes stromal keratitis?
        • How does the immune system prevent HSV-1 from reactivating from a normally quiescent state in sensory neurons to cause recurrent disease?
        • How can we design a vaccine to prevent recurrent herpes keratitis?
        • Why do people with herpes stromal keratitis tend to reject corneal transplants, and how can we prevent it?
      • OIL Publications
    • Visual Neuroscience
      • Meet Matt Smith, PhD
  • Support Us
  • Events
    • Annual conferences: Vision Restoration: Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology
      • 2012 Conference Highlights
        • Agenda 2012
        • Speakers
        • Poster Session
        • Continuing Medical Education
        • Corporate Support and Industry Exhibits
        • Scientific Advisory Board
    • Lectures: Innovations in Vision Restoration
      • Development of Noninvasive, Controlled Release Therapeutics for Glaucoma
      • Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches for Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases
      • Personalized Medicine
      • Tissue-specific Roles of CEP290 in Photoreceptor Development and Ciliogenesis
  • Success Stories
    • George Brummel
    • Melissa & Mark Riccobono
    • James Jasey
    • Vasyly Rohovyy
    • Mark Pappas

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