Sentences with phrase «blind patients suffering»

A new gene therapy treatment has restored some sight in a handful of blind patients suffering from Leber's congenital amaurosis, a syndrome in which, because of a broken or missing gene called RPE65, retinal photoreceptor cells malfunction and eventually die.

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That study reported that the first two patients treated, both of them legally blind, had suffered no ill effects from the cells.

Within a week, the patients had suffered a range of side effects, including vision loss, detached retinas and hemorrhage, ultimately leaving them blind.

A new study out today in Neurology, provides the first evidence that rigorous visual training restores rudimentary sight in patients who went partially blind after suffering a stroke, while patients who did not train continued to get progressively worse.

GenSight Biologics» pipeline leverages two core technology platforms, the Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence (MTS) and optogenetics to help preserve or restore vision in patients suffering from blinding retinal diseases.

More and more newly blind patients pour into the facility, which is now suffering from overcrowding, malnourishment, and serious injuries that receive no medical attention, as the inhabitants are not allowed off the premises and no uninfected are allowed on.

Per the study, patients who take fluoroquinolones have a five times greater chance of suffering from potentially blinding retinal detachment than those not taking this type of antibiotic.