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Recent advances in early-onset severe retinal degeneration: more than just basic research.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Feb 2004
Preising Markus N, Heegaard Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Successful treatment of early-onset sever retinal degeneration (EOSRD) in an animal model of the disease has provided the first proof-o-principle for retinal gene therapy of higher mammals. Currently, large sets of DNA samples are screened to identify patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) carrying mutations in RPE65 as possible candidates for gene therapy trials. Research into EOSRD and LCA aims to...
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