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Clinical gene therapy for the treatment of RPE65-associated Leber congenital amaurosis
8 Feb 2011
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INTRODUCTION: The positive results of pioneering clinical trials using gene therapy as treatment for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) have ushered in a new era of molecular retinal therapeutics for LCA, other blinding retinal disorders and gene therapy applications. AREAS COVERED: This review describes the role of retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa protein (RPE65) in the visual cycle and how...
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