Vision Improves with Gene Therapy for Congenital Eye Disease
April 27, 2008 by MedHeadlines
Filed under Genetic Diseases, Medical Research
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania report success in restoring vision to three patients with LCA, or Leber congenital amaurosis, a group of inherited diseases that destroy light receptors in the retina. Affected individuals develop symptoms in childhood and progress to total blindness by the time they are in their twenties or thirties. Gene therapy improved eyesight in the three patients, ages 19, 26 and 26, taking part in the study. Read more
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