This is good news for those who are below 30 and have vision problems.
from Reuters…
LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - Gene therapy for a rare type of inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients who tried it, boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene repair technology, scientists said on Sunday.
Two separate teams of doctors reported successes in using gene therapy to treat Leber congenital amaurosis, or LCA.
LCA damages light receptors in the retina. It usually begins affecting sight in early childhood and causes total blindness by the time a patient is 30. There is no treatment.
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