Gene therapy injected in one eye improves vision in both
Gene therapy injected in one eye improves vision in both Appeared in BioNews 1076 Vision improves in both eyes when gene therapy is administered to only one eye, an international team of researchers has found, whilst treating a rare form of blindness. The team injected a harmless virus containing the gene into the back of one eye of 37 patients who had vision loss for six to 12 months from a condition called Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Nearly two years after treatment, 29 of them had at least some vision improvements in both eyes. Of these, 25 had clinically relevant improvement...
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