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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Gene therapy experiment gives children 'life-changing' sight boost at London hospital

Jack with Dad Brendan - (Family Handout/PA Wire)

Medics at a London hospital have become the first in the world to successfully administer a pioneering gene therapy that preserves sight in young children.

The therapy at Moorfields Eye Hospital for four children with an extremely rare genetic condition that usually causes blindness in the first few years of life has been hailed as “life-changing”.

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