Gene therapy transforms eyesight of 12 people with rare visual defect
Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
A single injection in a patient's eye brings 'astounding' results. The findings may offer hope for those with macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Pennsylvania researchers using gene therapy have made significant improvements in vision in 12 patients with a rare inherited visual defect, a finding that suggests it may be possible to produce similar improvements in a much larger number of patients with...
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