RETINAL DYSTROPHY

'Curiosity-driven research' led to recent major medical breakthrough. But it's under threat

The study, published in The Lancet, a team from the Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London Institute of Ophthalmology injected a new copy of the gene AIPL1 into one eye of each patient to replace the defective one. The four children in the study showed improved functional vision without serious adverse effects.