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Traditionally, eye banks recover, evaluate and distribute eye tissue for transplantation, but Midwest Eye-Banks knows that transplants can only be used to treat about 10 percent of blinding eye conditions. That is why the Eye-Bank offers the Gift of Hope by supporting preliminary research into the causes of blinding eye diseases. New vision research initiatives supported by Midwest Eye-Banks bring new ideas to life for the treatment and prevention of vision impairment and blindness.

Several research grants provided through Midwest Eye-Banks have led to the development of larger research studies. Two studies have resulted in significant financial support for researchers from the National Institutes of Health.

Midwest Eye-Banks has awarded nearly $3 million in seed money grants since its Eye and Vision Research Program began in 1980.

Funding provided by Midwest Eye-Banks sustains the development of promising ideas that can have a direct and positive impact on human health issues.

Note: Midwest Eye-Banks has suspended the student stipend portion of its Eye and Vision Research Program this year in order to focus funding on research grants.

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