A single injection of a healthy gene allowed blind children to recognize objects, shapes, and even read — offering hope for ...

The vision of one child with AIPL1-associated severe retinal dystrophy improved from light perception to naming his favourite ...

Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy improved visual acuity and preserved retinal structure in young children with ...

Four children born with a rare genetic form of severe blindness have all experienced significant improvements in their ...

The biotech has met with UK regulators to discuss a marketing authorization application under exceptional circumstances based on data from 11 patients.

MeiraGTx is advancing its investigational gene therapy toward expedited approval in the UK after 11 children who were born ...

In a major breakthrough, four children born with severe visual impairments have experienced life-changing improvements in their ...

Toddlers who were born with the most severe form of childhood blindness can now see after groundbreaking gene therapy ...

Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine through UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, with ...

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The procedure, developed by UCL scientists, consists of injecting healthy copies of the gene into the retina, at the back of ...

Jace, from Connecticut, is one of four children all born with severe childhood blindness who gained 'life-changing improvements' to their vision after an experimental trial of gene therapy.