Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Gene therapy for rare form of blindness, Wow! - "first gene therapy approved by the Food and Drug Administration in which a corrective gene is given directly to patients"


This Washington Post article on "Gene therapy for rare form of blindness" is no longer online ...




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Gene therapy for rare form of blindness
https://web.archive.org/web/20171222025508/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/gene-therapy-for-rare-form-of-blindness-wins-us-approval/2017/12/19/3c40130a-e4de-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html

( https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/gene-therapy-for-rare-form-of-blindness-wins-us-approval/2017/12/19/3c40130a-e4de-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html )

Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approval. ... The injection, called Luxturna, is the first gene therapy approved by the Food and Drug Administration in which a corrective gene is given directly to patients. The gene mutation interferes with the production of an enzyme needed for normal vision.Dec 19, 2017

Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approval - The ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../gene-therapy-for-rare-form-of-blindness.../3c40130...

Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/price-tag-gene-therapy-rare-form-blindness-850k-52112938


Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850,000
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-blindness-luxturna-price-20180103-story.html

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