Gene tied to profound vision loss discovered by scientists

Sunday, January 18, 2015 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

An exhaustive hereditary analysis of a large Louisiana family with vision issues has uncovered a new gene tied to an incurable eye disorder called retinitis pigmentosa. It is a family of eye diseases that affects more than 200,000 in the United States and millions worldwide

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