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 ...
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MeiraGTx gene therapy allows 11 blind children to see as biotech eyes accelerated approval
Eleven children who were legally blind at birth all gained visual acuity after receiving MeiraGTx's investigational gene ...
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Gene therapy improves vision in children with genetic condition
The vision of one child with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy improved from light perception to naming his favourite ...
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 ...
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'Life-changing' gene therapy for children born blind
An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood ...
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MeiraGTx Announces Positive Results from First-in-Human Study of Gene Therapy for AIPL1-Related Retinal Dystrophy in Young Children
MeiraGTx Holdings plc announced promising results from a first-in-human study published in The Lancet, involving a gene therapy treatment for children with AIPL1-associated retinal dystrophy ...
Brit scientists first in world to use DNA therapy to stop toddlers going blind
British scientists have become the first in the world to use a pioneering gene therapy to preserve sight in toddlers with the ...
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 ...
6-Year-Old Boy Who Was Born Blind Gets Vision Partially Restored After ‘Life-Changing’ Gene Therapy
A Connecticut boy is among four children all born with severe childhood blindness who gained “life-changing improvements” to ...
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MeiraGTx seeks UK approval after gene therapy restores sight in children born blind
The AAV-AIPL1 therapy is designed to address severe sight impairment caused by mutations in the AIPL1 gene. This condition is a form of retinal dystrophy that leads to severe visual impairment ...
Gene therapy can improve vision in young children with AIPL1-associated retinal dystrophy
Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy improved visual acuity and preserved retinal structure in young children with ...