The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced it would be providing $12.4 million over the next three years to fund six projects to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina.
The projects are reportedly part of the National Eye Institute (NEI) Audacious Goals Initiative (AGI) — a targeted effort to restore vision by regenerating neurons and their connections in the eye and visual system.
The six projects include:
- Molecular discovery for optic nerve regeneration (EY027261-01)
- Screening for molecules that promote photoreceptor synaptogenesis (EY027266-01)
- Evaluation of novel targets for retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration (EY027256-01)
- Novel activators of regeneration in Muller glia (EY027265-01)
- Comparative transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses of Muller glia reprogramming (EY027267-01)
- Novel targets to promote RGC axon regeneration: Insights from unique retinal ganglion cell cohorts (EY027257-01)
For more information about these projects, visit www.nei.nih.gov/audacious.
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Source: National Eye Institute