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Blind Children See After 'Remarkable' Rare Eye Disorder Breakthrough
Researchers from London's Moorfields Eye Hospital, biotech firm MeiraGTx and University College London have demonstrated that their therapy is both safe and effective in improving the vision of and slowing retinal deterioration in young patients born with "LCA-AIPL1."
Blind children cured in ‘spectacular’ British breakthrough
Children administered with gene therapy can now see shapes, find toys, and read and write after world-first treatment
London specialists preserve sight in children with rare genetic eye condition in world first
Specialists from University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital have treated children with a rare genetic eye condition in a world first.
Blind Children See for the First Time Thanks to a Revolutionary Gene Therapy
A groundbreaking gene therapy has restored sight in four young children born with severe blindness due to a rare genetic deficiency. Scientists at UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital successfully injected healthy copies of the defective gene into the retina,
Parents of boy with rare eye condition hail ‘amazing’ results of gene therapy
Jace’s mum DJ, 35, told the PA news agency: “Pre-surgery, at around two years old, you could have held up any object, even a couple of inches away from Jace’s face, and he would not be able to track it.
London doctors become first ever to cure blindness in children born with a rare genetic condition
Medics at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL injected healthy copies of the affected gene into the back of eye for the pioneering gene therapy. | ITV News London
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