New gene editing technique reverses vision loss

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Researchers in China have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans. The study, that was published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, uses a new, highly versatile form of CRISPR-based genome editing with the potential to correct a wide variety of disease-causing genetic mutations.
Retinitis pigmentosa can be caused by mutations in over 100 different genes and is estimated to impair the vision of 1 in 4,000 people. It begins with the dysfunction and death of dim light-sensing rod cells, before spreading to the cone cells required for color vision, eventually leading to severe, irreversible vision loss.


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Till when can become perfect medicine of retinitis pigmentosa in India?

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Youthforummah
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Whether there is any medical institute in India working on this?

chandanmukherjee
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I've been diagnosed with unilateral RP at Moorfields eye hospital in London. The consultants were having a hard time diagnosing myself is it really that rare? And is it possible to receive treatment for it?

RobertHarrison-oeqg
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Apart from China, who are working on the same ?

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How much time it will take for human being ?

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