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Default Gene Therapy 'aids youth's sight'

Gene Therapy 'aids youth's sight'

A 17-year-old whose sight was failing has had his vision improved in a pioneering operation carried out by doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The London researchers used gene therapy to regenerate the dying cells in Stephen Howarth's right eye.
As a result he can now confidently walk alone in darkened rooms and streets for the first time.
Stephen is the third person to have the operation, and the researchers expect even better results in future cases.
Before the procedure, he could hardly see at all at night and in time he would have lost his sight completely....
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That story broke this morning, how did you get the story last night I wonder?
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