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About 100,000 people suffer from Leber congenital amaurosis due to a mutation in the so-called GUCY2D gene (LCA1). This results in a significant amount of vision loss or even blindness. Now in a small trial of 15 patients a gene therapy has been attempted, their vision was 100 times better after the treatment, two of nine who received the highest dose even had a 10,000 fold improvement.

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