Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Family trip around world for Canadian kids losing vision has ended. Here’s what happenedEdith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier took their young family on the journey of a lifetime after learning three of their children will eventually lose their eyesight.CanadaApr 26, 2023
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Quebec family touring the world before kids go blindA Montreal family is spending a year travelling the world to create visual memories, before three of their four children lose their vision due to a degenerative hereditary disease.CanadaSep 17, 2022
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‘Many families feel alone’: Pickering family among millions of Canadians impacted by vision lossMore than a million Canadians live with vision loss, and according to a recent report, it's costing the country billions of dollars a year.HealthJun 18, 2021
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Saskatoon boy’s Christmas card campaign raises thousands for friend in needTheo Anderson helped family friend Jordan Friesen raise money for a stem cell procedure offered in China to combat retinitis pigmentosa.HealthJan 5, 2017
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Saskatoon boy sells Christmas cards to give friend the gift of sightTheo Anderson is selling his handmade Christmas cards to raise money for a family friend with retinitis pigmentosa who’s seeking stem cell treatment.CanadaDec 20, 2016
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WATCH: Blind man sees wife for first time in over a decade with bionic eyeA blind Minnesota man rejoiced after a retinal implant recently allowed him to see his wife for the first time in over a decade.HealthFeb 23, 2015
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First-in-Canada procedure at Toronto hospital is helping cure blindnessA device called the Argus Retinal Prosthesis System (Argus II) has given sight back to two Canadians.HealthOct 14, 2014
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Researchers hope growing new eye cells can restore lost visionDr. Valerie Wallace's laboratory is growing and transplanting healthy cells into retinas in an effort to see if regenerative medicine can be used to restore lost vision.HealthJun 16, 2014
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