News tagged with congenitally blind

Stem cell technique offers new potential to treat blindness

(PhysOrg.com) -- University College London scientists are pioneering a stem cell treatment to replace diseased parts of the retina, which could lead to a future treatment for retinal diseases that affect around 3,000 children ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Sep 22, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

One shot of gene therapy and children with congenital blindness can now see

Born with a retinal disease that made him legally blind, and would eventually leave him totally sightless, the nine-year-old boy used to sit in the back of the classroom, relying on the large print on an electronic ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Oct 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (23) | 1