Below is a summary of the latest news about the ARREST BLINDNESS project. Click the heading of an article to read more.
A PhD student from partner 4 (UZA), Josephine Behaegel, stayed at Linköping University (partner 1) for a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) between 20th and 24th of February 2017. The main objective of the visit was in vivo clinical imaging of the corneal limbal region. In vivo confocal microscopic (IVCM) and OCT imaging was performed in…
Arrest Blindness and COST Joining Forces in Corneal Regeneration Research are organising Summer Training School 2017 on Corneal Regeneration at Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, during 13th and 16th of June 2017. Trainees will have lectures and practical courses given by experienced Arrest Blindness and COST participants and invited speakers on stem cells, imaging, meibomography, biomaterials…
Our project partner, Novaliq GmbH, has announced positive results from their Phase 2 clinical trial results evaluating CyclASol® in adults with moderate to severe dry eye disease. More information can be found in their press release. Novaliq GmbH is a drug delivery company located in the Heidelberg Technology Park, Germany. They develop innovative pharmaceutical formulations…
The General Assembly meeting with full External Advisory Board took place on January 22-23, 2017, in Amsterdam and Leiden, The Netherlands. As this was the first time all external advisors were able to attend a GA meeting since the project start, the purpose of the meeting was to: For each WP leader to present scientific…
The 2nd General Assembly meeting of ARREST BLINDNESS took place on the 8th of September 2016, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in conjunction with the EU COST BM1302 Annual Meeting and the 7th Annual EUCornea Congress. The aim of the meeting was for each Work Package leader to give an update of the progress and risk assessment of…
On May 3rd, 2016, the latest Executive Board Meeting of ARREST BLINDNESS took place in Seattle, USA. All Work Package representatives and an External Advisory Board Member attended, and the meeting was chaired by the Project Coordinator. During the meeting, progress updates were given on Work Packages 1-8. The new ARREST BLINDNESS logo and website…
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