Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhDThe Vision Center/Ophthalmology, Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

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Surgeons perform a breakthrough one-time treatment to replace a defective gene with a healthy copy made from artificial DNA. (Photo courtesy of CHLA); featured image for Physicians use gene therapy to restore patient’s vision

Physicians use gene therapy to restore patient’s vision

Posted March 28, 2018

Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles completed a revolutionary gene replacement procedure at 9:20 a.m. March 20, to restore vision in a patient with retinal degeneration, using the …