Gene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers reveal
The therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021. Photograph: fig/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021. This injection contains a harmless, synthethic virus that delivers the genetic instructions for producing a light-sensitive protein into a ring of surviving ganglion cells.
- ▪The therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021.
- ▪Photograph: fig/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021.
- ▪This injection contains a harmless, synthethic virus that delivers the genetic instructions for producing a light-sensitive protein into a ring of surviving ganglion cells.
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The therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021. Photograph: fig/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe therapy was first shown to partly restore vision in a single blind person in 2021. Photograph: fig/Getty ImagesBlindness and visual impairmentGene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers revealOptogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light Nicola Davis Science correspondentWed 7 Oct 2026 17.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA type of gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers have revealed.The approach, known as optogenetic therapy, harnesses the technique for turning nerve cells on and…
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