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The people in this study have Leber congenital amaurosis, caused by a gene mutation that keeps the body from making a protein needed to convert light into signals to the brain, which enables sight. Marilynn Marchione, USA TODAY, "Doctors altered a patient's DNA to treat blindness with controversial gene editing tool," 4 Mar. 2020

The people in this study have Leber congenital amaurosis, caused by a gene mutation that keeps the body from making a protein needed to convert light into signals to the brain, which enables sight. NBC News, "Doctors use CRISPR gene editing inside a person's body for first time," 4 Mar. 2020

Last July, the pharmaceutical companies Editas Medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Allergan in Dublin launched a trial to treat the genetic disorder Leber congenital amaurosis 10, which can cause blindness, by editing eye cells. Heidi Ledford, Scientific American, "Quest to Use CRISPR Against Disease Gains Ground," 7 Jan. 2020

The blindness study is for people with one form of Leber congenital amaurosis. Washington Post, "First CRISPR study inside the body to start in US," 25 July 2019

Created by Spark Therapeutics, the treatment is for people with vision loss from mutations in the gene RPE65 leading to Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and RP and some other conditions. Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, "A Vision Quest," 6 Mar. 2019

Caspian was born with a rare, inherited eye disorder called Leber congenital amaurosis, which results in the progressive deterioration of the retina, the tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and color. Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "High Hopes for a Gene Therapy Come With Fears Over Cost," 24 Sep. 2018

Luxturna treats patients with a faulty RPE65 gene, which includes patients with Leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa. Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "High Hopes for a Gene Therapy Come With Fears Over Cost," 24 Sep. 2018

But Leber congenital amaurosis is a progressive disease and with no treatment, Creed could one day be completely blind. Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Mount Dora boy among first to receive approved gene therapy drug for eye disease," 23 Mar. 2018

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