The breakthrough treatment, developed over 25 years, has already helped restore vision for some patients.
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Doctors awarded science 'Oscar' for curing inherited blindness with gene therapy
It began with a phone call from a lab technician: “They can see!” The ...
Dr. Swee Lay Thein and Dr. Stuart Orkin won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work toward a ...
Married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire developed Luxturna, which helped a patient see their child’s face for the first time ...
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded researchers involved in developing gene therapies for blindness and sickle cell ...
Luxturna was the first FDA-approved gene therapy for a disease caused by mutations in a specific gene. It helped establish ...
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