Researchers identify a genetic defect that increases the risk of debilitating eye disease
A genetic defect could hold the key to preventing or delaying the onset of a debilitating eye disease that can
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Gene therapy and CRISPR strategies for curing blindness (Yes, you read that right)
In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of
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A possible cure for river blindness and elephantiasis
An international team of researchers has found what might be a cure for river blindness and elephantiasis. In their paper
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Widespread errors in ‘proofreading’ cause inherited blindness
Mistakes in “proofreading” the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a form of inherited blindness, retinitis pigmentosa
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