USA ANIRIDIA NETWORK

USA ANIRIDIA NETWORK TO HELP THOSE BORN WITH LOW VISION DUE TO ANIRIDIA THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS AND MEDICAL CONFERENCES. BECAUSE ANIRIDIA IS COMPRISED OF CONDITIONS FOUND COMMONLY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION SUCH AS GLAUCOMA, CORNEAL SCARRING, CATARACTS AND BLINDNESS, OUR RESEARCH INTO ANIRIDIA, AND THESE CONDITIONS, MAY ULTIMATELY ALSO HELP OTHERS WITH THESE SAME CONDITIONS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WE ALSO SEEK TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE PAX 6 GENE EFFECT ON THE OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY OUTSIDE THE EYE AS WE ARE NOW FINDING ISSUES SUCH AS DIABETES, GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE, OBESITY, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND OTHER ISSUES UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THIS POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH PAX 6 DEFECTS. THE INTERNATIONAL ANIRIDIA MEDICAL REGISTRY (IAMR) AND GENE BANK IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. THESE SAMPLES AND DATA ARE BEING COLLECTED AND USED TO AIDE RESEARCH IN NOT ONLY ANIRIDIA BUT ALSO GLAUCOMA. OUR MISSION INCORPORATES THE IDEA THAT BY PROVIDING RESEARCHERS THE OPPORTUNI