Gene therapy restores vision to mice with retinal degeneration

Gene therapy restores vision to mice with retinal degeneration Technique may someday treat retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration  Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have used gene therapy to restore useful vision to mice with degeneration of the light-sensing retinal rods and cones, a common cause of human blindness. Their report, appearing in the Oct. 14 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes the effects of broadly expressing a light-sensitive protein in other neuronal cells found throughout the retina. read more

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