Restoring Vision: Expectancy in Glimpse <<>>

Written by pennmedicinenews on February 16, 2010 – 5:04 pm -

In continued coverage on a scrutinize conducted by Penn Medication and CHOP using gene psychoanalysis to safely renovate wraith in five children and seven adults with Leber’s congenital amaurosis, a inherited blinding disease, first investigators for the work appeared in a piece story in proto arsenal. Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology; Albert Maguire, MD, associate professor of Ophthalmology, and Katherine A. High, MD, head of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at CHOP, commented in the article <<>>

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Information Magazine’s Breakthroughs of the Year: Gene Treatment Returns <<>>

Written by pennmedicinenews on December 18, 2009 – 5:07 pm -

One entry in the top-ten breakthroughs of the year, as chosen by the staff of Science magazine, concentrated on gene remedy successes in treating a number of vitriolic diseases. One example cited was the Penn-CHOP clinical suffering for Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), a rare elevate of inherited blindness, conducted by collaborators Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology; Albert Maguire, MD, associate professor of Ophthalmology, and Katherine A. High, MD, steersman of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at CHOP. In the in front completed trial, the be uncovered sympathy of all 12 moderately dull-witted LCA patients improved. A photo of Dr. Maguire and Corey Haas, the youngest unaggressive in the Penn-CHOP trial, accompanies the article <<>>

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Gene Psychotherapy Transforms Eyesight of 12 Born with Rare Failing <<>>

Written by pennmedicinenews on October 26, 2009 – 3:54 pm -

A sanctum sanctorum in The Lancet conducted by researchers from Penn and CHOP tempered to gene group therapy to safely benefit wraith in five children and seven adults with Leber’s congenital amaurosis, a transferable blinding disease. The greatest improvements occurred in the children, all of whom are now able to handle a low-light bar path. Elder designer Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology, and co-first authors Albert M. Maguire, MD, associate professor of Ophthalmology and Katherine A. High, MD, supervisor of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, at CHOP, as spurt as the youngest patient, Corey Haas, appeared in numerous nationwide and global outlets, including the Los Angeles TImes <<>>

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