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• Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 94: Dr. Victoria Claire

  October 31, 2025. Dr. Victoria Claire has commissioned more than 200 sculptures, received an honorary doctorate, and is pursuing a PhD. She talks with host Ben Shaberman about her journey with retinitis pigmentosa, and how blindness has provided her with new and profound insights into herself and perceiving the world. Visitors to her current exhibition, "The Sense of Sculpture" (Oct. 18 - Nov. 1) at The Art House in Wakefield, England, are interacting with her sculptures tactilely in complete darkness.

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• SparingVision Launches Clinical Trial for Therapy to Re-Activate Dormant Cones in Advanced RP

  The approach may provide better visual acuity than current optogenetic therapies in clinical trials.

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• Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 93: Sam Seavey

  October 17, 2025. Sam Seavey, founder and host of the acclaimed The Blind Life YouTube channel, talks with host Ben Shaberman about his journey with Stargardt disease, some of the latest assistive technologies, and how the 900+ videos on The Blind Life can be informative and helpful for people with low vision.

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• Sepul Bio’s LCA10 RNA Therapy Moves into Phase 3 Clinical Trial

  The emerging therapy improved vision for some participants in an earlier clinical trial.

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• Opus Reports Vision Improvements for Three Pediatric Patients in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for LCA5 Gene Therapy

  Durable vision improvements were also observed out to 18 months for previously dosed adult patients in the trial.

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