Researchers have discovered that using two kinds of therapy
in tandem may be a knockout combo against inherited disorders that cause
blindness. While their study focused on man’s best friend, the treatment could
help restore vision in people, too.
Published in the journal Molecular Therapy, the study builds
on earlier work by Michigan State University veterinary ophthalmologist András
Komáromy and colleagues. In 2010, they restored day vision in dogs suffering
from achromatopsia, an inherited form of total color blindness, by replacing
the mutant gene associated with the condition.