Based in Miami, Florida, Hope for Vision is a nonprofit that funds research into treatments for genetically-based degenerative diseases of the retina. Current research into genetically based vision problems has provided hope to many people. Gene-focused therapies have been responsible in some cases for restoring sight to those with previously impaired vision.

1. Thomas Chalberg
Hope for Vision - A Group Focused
on Fighting Retinal Diseases

2. Introduction
 Based in Miami, Florida, Hope for Vision is a nonprofit that
funds research into treatments for genetically-based
degenerative diseases of the retina. Current research into
genetically based vision problems has provided hope to
many people. Gene-focused therapies have been
responsible in some cases for restoring sight to those with
previously impaired vision.
Yet the problem remains a serious and costly one. Millions
of people continue to experience vision loss because they
have a genetic makeup that predisposes them to
degenerative conditions involving the retina. The United
States spends close to $70 billion per year to pay for the
effects of vision loss.
The Hope for Vision Board of Visionary Scientists includes
scholars and physicians from leading American research
institutions and medical facilities.

3. Hope for Vision
 These individuals leverage their expertise to direct the
distribution of grant monies to further the work of
major investigative projects around the country.
The interdisciplinary research teams that receive
support from Hope for Vision are investigating not
only gene therapy, but also visual chip implantation,
transplantation of retinal cells, nanotechnologies,
nutritional therapeutics, and other promising types of
procedures.
Hope for Vision grant recipients have included
researchers from Stanford University, the Cleveland
Clinic, Florida Atlantic University, and numerous other
prestigious academic institutions.