Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness Proves Safe--and Effective--One Year In

Friday, August 14, 2009 - 14:42 in Health & Medicine

Gene therapy has been rhapsodized and vilified in its nearly two decades of human testing, helping some and making others sicker. But a new 12-month clinical trial has shown that, at least in one ocular disease, it appears safe and--perhaps even more impressive--effective. [More]

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