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GENE THERAPYGene therapy restores sight in dogs.Gene therapy, a procedure in which a synthetic virus carries a gene into living tissues, has enabled dogs born blind to see.Researchers at the Univer. of Pennsylvania's Scheie Eye Institute injected a healthy version of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) -65 gene into the retinas of blind dogs, and the dogs are now seeing for the first time. The race is on to apply the same method to humans. --> return to menu / back ... (click) --> return to top of the page (click) |
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