(Source: University of California) Date: 2013-06-12 Contact: Robert Sanders, Media Relations Phone: (510) 643-6998 Email: rsanders@berkeley.edu BERKELEY - Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular degeneration. Unlike current treatments, the new procedure is quick and surgically non-invasive, and it delivers normal genes to hard-to-reach cells throughout the entire retina. Over the last six years, several groups have...
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