“I saw a burst of color ... to enter the new field of gene therapy. Working together, the pair showed they could improve the vision of mice born with genetic blindness. In 2000, they tested ...

Other causes of these forms of color blindness can include: Researchers are also studying methods for gene therapy to repair the gene mutations that can lead to color vision deficiency.

Gene therapy and gene editing aren't only used ... These diseases can range from relatively benign, such as red-green color blindness, to fatal illnesses like Huntington's disease.

Though limited, the study suggests that blindness ... color perception tests as the children aged. A child participant locates a small white object against a dark background after receiving gene ...

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet: the rainbow. But what if that wasn’t it? Sophomore Ryan Evert ...

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet: the rainbow. But what if that wasn’t it? Sophomore Ryan Evert ...

Bottom Line: An innovative gene therapy treatment restored vision in adults with a rare form of congenital blindness. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania announced in April 2008 the use ...

Our contribution to this research drive involves developing a new type of gene therapy to reprogramme cells deep in the eye to sense light. The ultimate aim is to treat all types of blindness caused ...

The first NHS patients have started treatment with Novartis’ Luxturna, a gene therapy for a sight-robbing ... childhood and he is now registered as blind. “After participating in 15 years ...

Scientists have restored vision and hearing in people born with congenital blindness or deafness in two separate gene therapy trials A British toddler born deaf has become the first person to have ...