Blind Man Can Partially See Again after 40 Years Thanks to Hungarian Researcher Roska
A blind 58-year-old man has partially regained his vision thanks to the scientific breakthrough of Hungarian biomedical researcher Botond Roska. Roska and his research team have shown that optogenetic therapy can help individuals with retinitis pigmentosa partially regain their sight. This is a big step for gene therapy and could lead to technology that restores vision.
Nature Medicine reported on the findings of an international research team led by José-Alain Sahel and Botond Roska which included members from Institut de la Vision and Hôpital National des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, the University of Pittsburgh, the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), StreetLab, and GenSight Biologics.