Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical trials are looking to extend these treatments to other diseases
- Written by Jean Bennett, Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology; Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania
New gene therapies are helping to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.GettyImagesAn estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are living with blindness. While not every form of blindness can be cured, recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered new ways to treat some forms of...
