Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye. Antonio, who s been legally blind for much of his 14 years, can see again.
A 14-year-old who spent most of his life blind can now see after an enterprising Miami doctor had the world s first topical therapy to replace faulty genes reformulated as eye drops.