Families with children suffering from a rare genetic disease that predominantly affects Ashkenazi Jews and causes severe deaf-blindness have been given fresh hope of finding a cure.
A US-based non-profit foundation seeking to research Usher 1F syndrome is one of 30 patient-led organisations to receive a $450,000 (£347,000) grant from the Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
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