Gene therapy experiments improve vision in nearly blind
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.
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