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[Gene therapy for vision restoration in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) due to RPE65 gene mutations: beginning the phase IV trial].
Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Chacón-Camacho Óscar Francisco, Zenteno Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
This is a significant time moment in the field of gene therapy in humans. Recently, results from a phase III clinical trial were published, demonstrating the first gene therapy success for a genetic disease. A clinical trial was carried out in patients suffering a hereditary blindness disease named Leber congenital amaurosis, caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene. Participating subjects received a subretinal...
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