Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene therapy to restore some vision to legally blind children with an inherited retinal condition. All 11 children in the clinical trial saw improvements ...

Eleven children who were legally blind at birth all gained visual acuity after receiving MeiraGTx's investigational gene therapy, data that are prompting the biotech to seek accelerated approval in ...

For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if she was watching the world through a straw hole, and in dimly lit places, she could not make ...

MeiraGTx is cashing in on a gene therapy that restored vision to 11 children who were born legally blind, licensing the program to Eli Lilly in a deal potentially worth more than $475 million. The ...

Retinoblastoma is the most common children’s eye cancer. There are two types, heritable and nonheritable. The heritable type affects both eyes and produces multiple tumors, while the nonheritable type ...