The Vision of Children Foundation partners with Illumina’s iHope program to provide limited number of whole genome sequencing tests for families affected by hereditary vision disorders in need.

The research project of Dr. Edouard Baulier, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Debora Farber’s UCLA laboratory, is designed to find a treatment for Ocular Albinism type 1 (OA1) by using two recently discovered biology tools: induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing tool.

The Vision of Children Foundation is excited to share this update from our team of researchers led by M. Vittoria Schiaffino, MD, PhD at San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy!

"It gives our patients and our team a sense of being a part of something much bigger than our little practice.  We are contributing to the future of our kids and that increases morale of the staff and perception of our patients.  Who doesn’t want to know that what they just spent is also helping others?" - Dr. Jason Tu on being a part of VOC's Optometric Partner Program

"Stay positive.  It’s a challenge sometimes, but it is what makes you unique!  Embrace life and take nothing for granted."