100-fold improvement in sight seen after gene therapy trial

Published Date: 11 Sep 2024

The vision of people with a rare inherited condition that causes them to lose much of their sight early in childhood was 100 times better after they received gene therapy to address the genetic mutation causing it. Some patients ...

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