Mr. Optimistic’s Blog

February 11, 2009

#5: Science winning war on blindness

Filed under: The Positives — Mr. Optimistic @ 6:03 PM

Scientists are having success treating some forms of blindness thanks to gene therapy. They take genetically altered cells and inject them directly into the eye, where they help the cones and rods detect more light. The younger the patient, the better it works. Several patients have gone from seeing only blurs, to being able to read two lines of text on an eye chart.

I guess seeing is believing.

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