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Novel vectors reduce the risks associated with ocular gene therapies – News-Medical.net

Strategies based on the use of gene therapy to mitigate the effects of mutations that cause blindness are undergoing rapid development.

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Strategies based on the use of gene therapy to mitigate the effects of mutations that cause blindness are undergoing rapid development. Novel gene vectors now achieve widespread gene delivery and reduce the risks associated with these approaches.
The incidence of genetic mutations that result in rapid deterioration of the ability to see is larger than is generally supposed. For example, on the order of five million people around the world suffer from congenital retinal dystrophies, which often lead…

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