From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. To be blind is not miserable not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. John milton wrote that. More than 285 Million People live with visual impairment. For many of these cases, there is no cure. In recent years there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision to glaucoma at the age of 19. He is chairman of the board of governors at Johns Hopkins wilbert eye institute. He joins me to talk about his experience and his mission to end blindness. Plus jean bennett of the university of pennsylvania. Once again, eric kandel, a Howard Hughes medical investigator. I began as i always do with my friend eric to review our subject tonight. The last program we did was a new approach to the treatment of deafness. Tonight we are going to consider new approaches to the treatment of blindness. As is the case with deafness blindness is not a lifethreatening situation, but
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. To be blind is not miserable not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. On milton wrote that. More than 285 Million People live with visual impairment. In recent years they have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision to ball, at the age of 19. He is chairman of the board of governors at Johns Hopkins wilbert eye institute. He joins me to talk about his experience and his mission to end blindness. Plus jean bennett of the university of pennsylvania. Once again, eric kandel a Howard Hughes medical investigator. I began as i always do with my rent air to review our subject tonight. The last program we did was a new approach to the treatment of deafness. Tonight were going to consider new approaches to the treatment of blindness. As is the case with deafness, blindness is not a lifethreatening situation but in some ways is more disabling as deafness because, as
That is because three major developments have occurred gene therapy, Stem Cell Therapy and red fill chips. Charlie rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie to be blind is nod miserable. Not the be able to bare blindness, that is miserable. John milton wrote that more than 285 Million People currently live with visual impairment. For many of these cases, there is no cure, yet in recent years there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision to glaucoma at age 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of Johns Hopkins wilmer eye institute. He talks about his experience and mission to end blind mess. Also joining me jean bennett, university of pennsylvania, steven schwartz, jules stein eye
That is because three major developments have occurred gene therapy, Stem Cell Therapy and red fill chips. Charlie rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie to be blind is nod miserable. Not the be able to bare blindness, that is miserable. John milton wrote that more than 285 Million People currently live with visual impairment. For many of these cases, there is no cure, yet in recent years there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision to glaucoma at age 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of Johns Hopkins wilmer eye institute. He talks about his experience and mission to end blind mess. Also joining me jean bennett, university of pennsylvania, steven schwartz, jules stein eye
That is because three major developments have occurred gene therapy, Stem Cell Therapy and red fill chips. Charlie rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie to be blind is nod miserable. Not the be able to bare blindness, that is miserable. John milton wrote that more than 285 Million People currently live with visual impairment. For many of these cases, there is no cure, yet in recent years there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision to glaucoma at age 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of Johns Hopkins wilmer eye institute. He talks about his experience and mission to end blind mess. Also joining me jean bennett, university of pennsylvania, steven schwartz, jules stein eye