There’s a new vision for a rare, inherited condition.
Recent research has identified a one-time treatment that may repair damaged retinas and even reverse vision loss.
This treatment, tested on an unexpected source, also raises the prospect of repairing nerve cells in mammals, a feat once thought impossible.
Faulty copies of the CaBP4 gene cause poor vision from childhood by creating deficiency of a protein necessary for vision and signal transmission in the retina.
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