Gene therapy could return sight to people who are blind
Mar 31, 2021
2 minutes
Editor: Jens E. Matthiesen
EDICINE Scientists from the UK’s University of Cambridge have demonstrated that it is possible to restore optic nerves which have been destroyed, causing blindness. In experiments with mice, the scientists have used gene therapy to activate the gene that is responsible for producing the protein protrudin. This is involved in
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