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Gene transfer regenerates rod cells, restores light sensitivity in blind mice

August 15, 2018 6:59 PM UTC

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai developed a gene transfer process to generate rod photoreceptors that restored light sensitivity in mice with congenital blindness.

In a paper published Wednesday in Nature, the Mount Sinai team focused on the regenerative capability of Müller glial cells, which have been shown in zebrafish to generate retinal stem cells and reverse blindness but do not spontaneously generate new cells in mammals...