No Cure For Blindness

Having been approved by the fda in december the treatment will be the first of its kind to be trialed in the us.

No cure for blindness.

Retinal degeneration disorders have no cure. How gene therapy and crispr are helping to cure blindness. For blind people however the future of medicine is one step closer to reality. The short answer to this questions is simply.

However when blindness is a result of infection of the cornea the dome in front of the eye the normally transparent cornea may become white or gray making it difficult to view the colored part of the eye. Once injected the virus locates the damaged part of the retina and treats it by delivering the necessary genes required to improve or even restore the retina s cone cells. The test s effectiveness is measured by how many letters patients can read on an eye chart. Even as crispr reaches milestones like this scientists continue to find new uses for it to treat genetic conditions.

Several clinical trials also show promise for treating various forms of retinal degeneration using stem cells. Without prompt treatment it can cause permanent blindness. The next one that will hit clinics is a crispr treatment for a form of blindness called leber congenital amaurosis lca. There is currently no cure for color blindness however if researchers are able to prove this new gene therapy treatment is successful a potential cure for color blindness might be in sight.

Gensight has shown that its treatment can reverse the devastating scourge of blindness due to lhon. In december the fda approved the first gene therapy for an inherited disease a mutation in the gene rpe65 that causes a rare form of blindness. While there is no cure for blindness and macular degeneration scientists have accelerated the process to find a cure by visualizing the inner workings of the eye and its diseases at the cellular. There is no cure for color blindness yet.

And the long answer. These diseases break down the retina the layer of tissue found at the back of the eye containing cells that detect light entering the organ. In the united states approximately 200 000 people suffer from inherited forms of retinal disease for which there is no cure. It s not surprising that the first gene therapy that.

This and some other interesting ideas about aids for colorblind people are the topic of this article of the color blind essentials series.