Gene blindness

During gene transfer, a light pipe (left) illuminates the “photographic film” of the eye known as the retina, while another instrument cuts and removes the vitreous gel of the eye. A separate instrument containing a fluid that contains a virus loaded with corrective genes is injected underneath the retina. The approach successfully restored vision in dogs in 2001 and has been apparently affective in three young adults in safety trials at UF.

(Sarah Kiewel, UF Health Science Center staff photographer)
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