In a groundbreaking medical first, doctors have restored vision in children who were born almost completely blind. Four young ...
Researchers from London's Moorfields Eye Hospital, biotech firm MeiraGTx and University College London have demonstrated that ...
A groundbreaking gene therapy has restored sight in four young children born with severe blindness due to a rare genetic ...
An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood ...
Children administered with gene therapy can now see shapes, find toys, and read and write after world-first treatment ...
Colour vision deficiency or colour blindness, happens when you see colours differently than most people and have difficulty ...
The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind kicked off a special soccer initiative and they hope to bring it to schools all over Miami ...
Eleven children who were legally blind at birth all gained visual acuity after receiving MeiraGTx's investigational gene ...
Living Paintings Living Paintings is a charity in the UK that has been around for more than 35 years, reported the Gazette.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation’s No limits Celebration shines a spotlight on artists and performers with disabilities, with award-winning artist Lachi headlining.
The gene defect causes the retinal cells to malfunction and die, with children affected being legally certified as blind from birth. The new treatment is designed to enable the retinal cells to ...