Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight

Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine led by Professors James Bainbridge and Michel Michaelides (both UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) and Moorfields Eye Hospital, supported by MeiraGTx.

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