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Ongoing research offers hope for those at risk of vision loss from this severe IRD

RALEIGH - Opus Genetics, launched earlier this year with $19 million in invested capital, has signed an agreement to license its third preclinical program from

Michael Kalberer is just the second person in the world to be part of a groundbreaking medical trial designed to try to restore vision to visually impaired patients.

The unprecedented study involves using the gene-editing technique CRISPR to edit a gene while it's still inside a patient's body. In exclusive interviews, NPR talks with two of the first participants.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. A MARTINEZ, HOST: For the first time, doctors are reporting that they have restored vision

Blind Long Island man hopes new experiment will restore his vision Scientists are using a revolutionary gene-editing technique called Crisper to try to restore vision. NEW YORK - "I process the world with my ears and see with my heart and observe it with my soul what most people can see with their eyes," Michael Kalberer tells FOX 5 News.   Kalberer was born with Cerebral Palsy and a rare vision loss disorder called Lebers Congenital Amaurosis. At 12 years old, he was diagnosed as legally blin...

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Josh Andersen/Oregon Health & Science University hide caption toggle caption Josh Andersen/Oregon Health & Science University Carlene Knight, 54, is one of the first patients in a landmark study designed to try to restore vision in those who have a rare genetic disease that causes blindness. Josh Andersen/Oregon Health & Science University Carlene Knight would love to do things that most people take for granted, such as read books, drive a car, ride a ...

Listen • 5:27 Carlene Knight, 54, is one of the first patients in a landmark study designed to try to restore vision in those who have a rare genetic disease that causes blindness. Carlene Knight would love to do things that most people take for granted, such as read books, drive a car, ride a bike, gaze at animals in a zoo and watch movies. She also longs to see expressions on peoples faces. "To be able to see my granddaughter especially — my granddaughters face," said ...

Our second half of results will be revealed next week. PEOPLE K9 Alex — OUPD For another year, K9 Alex reigns supreme in terms of area law enforcement officer popularity. To be fair, most categories in our “People” section that find an animal as a nominee also find an animal as the top finalist. In K9 Alex’s case, it’s really hard to compete with those soulful, brown eyes. Also garnering honors were Jimmy Childs, of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, and Ath...