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A Race Against Blindness Awards Additional $1.1 Million Grant to Ensure Advancement of AXV-101 into Clinical Trial for Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 1 (BBS1)
Newly added funding closes critical gap and enables planned trial initiation in early 2026
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