Leber's congenital amaurosis

The study concluded further investigation is warranted for the use of the procedure to treat Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Gene therapy has restored the sight of two of three test patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

He hears voices and has Leber's congenital amaurosis, which causes the sclera of his eyes to turn completely black.

Leber's congenital amaurosis can cause total blindness or severe sight loss from birth or early childhood.

LCA9 is a gene associated with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

It has been used to treat genetic disorders such as severe combined immunodeficiency, and Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Mutations in the LCA5 gene are associated with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Leber's congenital amaurosis.

In 2008, three groups reported positive results of clinical trials using adeno-associated virus for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis.

A possible mechanism for Leber's congenital amaurosis has been proposed as the deficiency of RPE65.

Leber's congenital amaurosis is an inherited disease resulting in optic atrophy and secondary severe vision loss or blindness.

Leber's congenital amaurosis is an inherited blinding disease caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene.

One small study suggests that mutations in this gene are associated with keratoconus in patients that already have Leber's congenital amaurosis.

There has been ongoing research for gene therapy to treat Leber's congenital amaurosis, a genetic disorder in photoreceptors that can lead to vision loss and blindness.

Mutations in this gene have been associated with Leber's congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) and retinitis pigmentosa.

Lee agreed to the brief appearance because the producers of ER aired an episode in January 2008 that deals with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Leber was the first to describe what is now known as Leber's congenital amaurosis in 1869 and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in 1871.

In September 2006, Lee's three-year-old daughter Jada was diagnosed with Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare genetic disease resulting in loss of vision.

More recently, he has worked with Kerry Wood and Ryan Dempster to raise money to help Derrek Lee's daughter and research for Leber's congenital amaurosis.

MacIntyre is visually impaired, and while not completely blind, he suffers from tunnel vision and has only a two-percent field of vision, both due to Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Leber's Congenital Amaurosis damages the light receptors in the retina and usually begins affecting sight in early childhood, with worsening vision until complete blindness around the age of 30.

Low vision may be a result of either congenital disease such as retinitis pigmentosa or Leber's congenital amaurosis or of an acquired conditions such as optic atrophy.

In the television series ER (season 14, episode 12 named "Believe the Unseen") Dr. Abby Lockhart diagnoses a young foster girl with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

Mutations in this gene have been associated with Joubert syndrome and nephronophthisis, and recently with a frequent form of Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, called LCA10.

Other cone diseases such as Leber's congenital amaurosis, cone-rod dystrophy, and certain types of maculopathies may be treatable using the same techniques as the gene therapy used for color blindness.