University of Wisconsin School of Medicine: New Gene-Editing Technique Holds Potential for Treating Childhood Blindness
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news:
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Using a new experimental technique to fix faulty eye cells, a team led by UW-Madison researchers was able to repair a gene mutation that causes one form of childhood blindness. The scientists showed that their approach worked in lab-grown cells derived from a patient with the currently untreatable inherited disease Leber conge . . .
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Using a new experimental technique to fix faulty eye cells, a team led by UW-Madison researchers was able to repair a gene mutation that causes one form of childhood blindness. The scientists showed that their approach worked in lab-grown cells derived from a patient with the currently untreatable inherited disease Leber conge . . .