Researchers advance search for safer, easier way to deliver vision-saving gene therapy

ScienceDaily
Sep 30, 2019, 8:23 am8 pts
In experiments with rats, pigs and monkeys, researchers have developed a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. If proved safe and effective in humans, the technique could provide a new, more permanent therapeutic option for patients with common diseases such as wet age-related macular…

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