Project 3000: the world of sports joins us in the fight

The news is terrific. It has just been announced on Dr. Stone’s Carver Lab’s website that Chicago Cubs star Derrek Lee and Boston Celtics CEO and co-owner Wyc Grousbeck have committed their efforts towards a cure for LCA. Their lives have both been touched by this disease. The main goal of their initiative, called Project 3000, is to ensure genetic testing for all people with Leber’s within the USA, which will help understand this disorder better, identify candidates for future clinical trials, and devise treatments specific to each LCA subtype.

This is wonderful news. This will bring LCA to the attention of the world. We are at a turning point in retinal research. Clinical trials on RPE65 are about to begin, others will follow shortly after, if all goes well. The potentials are there...Research needs all the help and support it can get.

Thanks so much to these two celebrities for joining us in this race towards sight.

Check the Carver Lab’s site for more information. A side note: there is also my picture there!

Fran