Jean Bennett: A Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness

Hear the story of the first gene therapy approved in the United States to target a disease caused by mutations in a specific gene. In this case, the RPE65 gene, which affects vision. For Dr. Jean Bennett, the physician scientist behind this medical breakthrough, being able to change the prognosis for people who are blind or losing their vision — and to see the profound impact that this has on their life — has been a career well spent.

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Jean Bennett: A Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness is an episode from Amazing Things Podcast by United For Medical Research.

This episode is 12:24 long.

This episode was published on Mar 5, 2018.

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