The phrase "inherited blindness" refers to a medical condition in which a person is born with or develops a visual impairment or loss of sight due to genetic factors that were passed down from their parents or ancestors. Full definition
For instance, a rare type of inherited blindness has been successfully treated in a small study. (slate.com)
The dog has already played an important role in emerging therapies for inherited blindness in humans and similarities in disease phenotype and eye structure and function between dog and man, together with the increasingly sophisticated genetic tools that are available for the dog, mean that the dog is likely to play an ever increasing role in both our understanding of the normal functioning of the eye and in our ability to treat inherited eye disorders. (cgejournal.biomedcentral.com)
«Fish eyes to help understand human inherited blindness: Discovery of a gene in zebrafish that triggers congenital blindness could lead to a suitable cure for similar disease in humans..» (sciencedaily.com)