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Nature, the international weekly journal of science, recently featured UNC Eye Researcher Steven Gray, PhD in an article about scientists who specialize in uncommon diseases.<\/p>\n

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An excerpt from the article:<\/p>\n

Steven Gray used to spend long hours in the lab for the simple love of science. As a postdoctoral researcher, he was tinkering with a virus in search of ways to shuttle genes into nerve cells for gene therapy. Then, in 2008, his adviser sent him to a meeting held by a non-profit organization called Hannah\u2019s Hope Fund, and Gray found a new inspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hannah\u2019s Hope Fund is a charity based in Rexford, New York, that supports research on giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), a fatal nerve disorder. At the meeting, Gray met Hannah Sames, a clumsy four-year-old with tight curls and a sweet smile whose disease had inspired her parents to start the charity. He launched a GAN project after the meeting. \u201cI looked at her and saw my own daughter,\u201d says Gray, whose child was then also four. \u201cNow I\u2019m focused on finding a treatment, almost as I would for my own child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to view the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sylvester and Gabriel Miniter standing at a mosque in Egypt As both a grateful patient and an international businessman, Sylvester F Miniter III has much personal experience and wisdom to share, and we at UNC Ophthalmology wanted to listen. 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