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Gene therapy and CRISPR strategies for curing blindness (Yes, you read that right)

  • Written by Hemant Khanna, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Gene therapy and CRISPR strategies for curing blindness (Yes, you read that right)Researchers are now testing treatments for several kinds of visual impairment. BRIAN MITCHELL / Getty Images

In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of scientific breakthroughs in treating diseases that cause blindness.

Researchers at U.S.-based Editas Medicine and Ireland-based...

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