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Scientists use gene therapy and a novel light-sensing protein to restore vision in mice – Medical Xpress
A newly developed light-sensing protein called the MCO1 opsin restores vision in blind mice when attached to retina bipolar cells using gene therapy. The National…

A newly developed light-sensing protein called the MCO1 opsin restores vision in blind mice when attached to retina bipolar cells using gene therapy. The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, provided a Small Business Innovation Research grant to Nanoscope, LLC for development of MCO1. The company is planning a U.S. clinical trial for later this year.
Nanoscope’s findings, reported today in Nature Gene Therapy, show that totally blind micemeaning they have no light perceptionregain…
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