New $2.2m grant to JAX scientist will fund retinal disease research

(Jackson Laboratory) The National Eye Institute has awarded Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Professor Juergen Naggert, Ph.D., a five-year grant totaling $2,187,500 to study genetically controlled breaks in an eye structure known as the external limiting membrane (ELM), which could hold the key to understanding and treating enhanced S-cone syndrome (ESCS) and other diseases of the retina.