Hi There!

I have a dear friend who has degenerative Retinitis Pigmentosa.

She's been through many ups and downs----false hopes turning to dashed hopes.
Hence, she doesn't monitor new developments as she once did.

I volunteered to determine where the top researchers are located, and
generally keep an eye on new developments.   heh  heh  heh

A 5-star answer would be 4-6 sites I could monitor on an ongoing
basis.  These would probably fall into one of the following
categories:

1.  Universities
2.  Biotechnology companies
3.  Clearinghouse (like American Foundation for the Blind)


All comments greatly appreciated!


Thank you.
ron

Hi nronronronro-ga! Welcome back! 

I found the following organizations that do research on retinal
pigmentosa. I do hope this would be of help to your friend.

The Learning Retinal Implant System:

Researchers and IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG of Switzerland:
http://www.intmedimplants.com/

University of Hamburg in Germany: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Forschung/index_e.html
Source of Info: http://vision.about.com/od/retinitispigmentosa/a/artificialvisio.htm


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ASR Chip:
Researcher: Optobionics: http://www.optobionics.com/
Source of Info: http://vision.about.com/od/retinitispigmentosa/a/retinalimplant.htm

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The Boston Retinal Implant Project
Researchers: http://www.bostonretinalimplant.org/ 


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Duke University Eye Center
http://www.dukeeye.org/research/focus.html#pigs


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University of Pennsylvania
http://www.pennhealth.com/ophth/features/retinitis.html 


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Columbia University
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/eye/ 


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Indiana University Department of Ophthalmology
http://www.iupui.edu/~ophthal/html/retina_lab.shtml 


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University of Bonn
http://www.nero.uni-bonn.de/projekte/ri/ri-index-en.htm 


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Retinal Prosthesis Project?

Research Organizations: Johns Hopkins and NC State Universities
http://www.icat.ncsu.edu/projects/retina/




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The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.:
Clinical Trials: http://www.blindness.org/disease/clinictrials.asp?type=3 


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Retinitis Pigmentosa International
http://www.rpinternational.org/page4.html 


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The Retinitis Pigmentosa File
http://www.lifestages.com/health/retiniti.html


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Retina International
http://www.retina-international.org/intro.htm


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ARVO
http://www.arvo.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebKey=681EB947-8BD8-49AB-92CB-D0D1AD0D85AD&design=no


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MIT and Mass Eye & Ear
http://www.meei.harvard.edu/research/labs/clinical.php#retinal 


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RetNet
http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/Retnet/ 


Search terms used:  
"Retinitis Pigmentosa" research
retina research

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                                                          
                              
Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 26 Jan 2006 17:21 PST

Thanks nronronronro! As usual, it's a pleasure working with you. :)

EasterAngel----simply outstanding.

As always!

Thank you.
ron