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Saving the Eyes of Children

Retinoblastoma is an aggressive form of eye cancer that strikes children during the first three years of life. Until recently, a cure often meant the loss of one or both eyes. Dr. Gallie's group successfully developed a diagnostic procedure that allows babies to be tested in the womb, so that treatment can begin long before tumors are large enough to threaten vision. The Medical Research Council honored Dr. Gallie as a Distinguished Scientist in 1997, one of only six in Canada.

Young boy afflicted with
retinoblastoma in the right eye.