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Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness: Finding the Right Dose (2 of 4)

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Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness: Finding the Right Dose (2 of 4)

image: A montage of photos of a monkey retina after subretinal injection of AAV8.GFP. Green fluorescent protein is visible underneath the inner retinal blood vessels after illuminating the eye with blue light. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the June 22, 2011, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Luk Vandenberghe of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and colleagues, was titled, "Dosage Thresholds for AAV2 and AAV8 Photoreceptor Gene Therapy in Monkey." view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire


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