Science
Gene Therapy, High-Tech Goggles Restore Some Vision to Blind People – The Wall Street Journal
New treatment using optogenetics has restored limited vision to people blinded by hereditary retinal disease
Scientists are making dramatic strides toward a goal that once seemed almost unimaginable: Restoring limited vision to people affected by a previously irreversible form of blindness caused by an inherited eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa.
In a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers working with the Paris-based company GenSight Biologics SA reported that a 58-year-old man who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa 40 years ago was able to locate objects placed…
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