"Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences
Division and their collaborators have isolated an elusive human gene
that causes a common form of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a
relatively rare but devastating form of early-onset blindness. The new
LCA gene is called NMNAT1," according to
Midwest Lens. "Finding the specific gene mutated in patients
with LCA is the first step towards developing sight-saving gene
therapy."
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