Monday, April 28, 2008

Gene therapy experiments improve vision in nearly blind (AP)

This undated  image released by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows doctors Albert Maguire, left, along with wife Jean Bennett at the University of Pennsylvania. The two are part of two teams of scientists in the United States and Britain that are using gene therapy to dramatically improve vision in four patients with an inherited eye disease that causes blindness in children. The results of the experimental treatment were published online Sunday by the New England Journal of Medicine. (AP Photo/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Daniel Burke)AP - Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.

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Godish Spencer is an Atlanta-based insurance agent with ten years advising people on health insurance. Visit his website http://www.atlanta-health-insurance.com/ for more information.

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