Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy For Blinding Eye Diseases

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular degeneration. Unlike current treatments, the new procedure - which takes a little as 15-minutes - is surgically non-invasive, and it delivers normal genes to difficult-to-reach cells throughout the entire retina...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news