Easy and effective therapy to restore sight: Engineered virus will improve gene therapy for blinding eye diseases

June 13, 2013

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular degeneration. (Science Daily)