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Gene Breakthrough Aids Blind

Experimental therapy improves sight

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2008 2:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – A rare and incurable congenital disease which causes blindness has been successfully treated for the first time using gene therapy, Reuters reports. Doctors inserted a healthy gene directly into one eye of patients suffering from Leber congenital amaurosis using a genetically engineered cold virus. Patients...   Read full story »

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