Having been approved by the fda in december the treatment will be the first of its kind to be trialed in.
Finding a cure for blindness.
Blindness is strictly defined as the state of being totally sightless in both eyes.
A completely blind individual is unable to see at all.
Wearing a colored filter over eyeglasses or a colored contact lens may enhance your perception of contrast between the confused colors.
Several clinical trials also show promise for treating various forms of retinal degeneration using stem cells.
It s not surprising that the first gene therapy that.
For blind people however the future of medicine is one step closer to reality.
Discontinuing the medication causing your vision problem or treating the underlying eye disease may result in better color vision.
It s a terrible disease she said.
Even as crispr reaches milestones like this scientists continue to find new uses for it to treat genetic conditions.
The test s effectiveness is measured by how many letters patients can read on an eye chart.
Kiran musunuru another gene editing expert at the university of pennsylvania said the treatment seems likely to work based on tests in human tissue mice and monkeys.
Color blindness is a type of color vision deficiency that makes it.
The national eye institute nei suggest a number of simple steps that can be taken to ensure your eyes are as healthy as they can be.
Gensight has shown that its treatment can reverse the devastating scourge of blindness due to lhon.
While certain treatments help some people better perceive colors it s important to find ways of adapting to color blindness.
Smoking has been associated with increased risks of developing cataracts optic nerve damage and.
In december the fda approved the first gene therapy for an inherited disease a mutation in the gene rpe65 that causes a rare form of blindness.
Eat a balanced diet and maintain a healthy weight.
Right now they have nothing dr.
In one day she had three calls from families seeking solutions to inherited blindness.