Seeing Is Believing for the Eye-Injection Boy Giving Hope to Millions ; Good Health
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AT A central London warehouse 18-year-old Steven Howarth is wandering around a specially constructed street scene in front of a group of eminent eye doctors and scientists.
It is dimly lit and Steven, who suffers from a genetic eye condition, has never been able to see in the dark. The last time he carried out this test he bumped into most objects in his path.See the full content of this document
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Seeing Is Believing for the Eye-Injection Boy Giving Hope to Millions ; Good Health
But now, almost a year on, everyone hopes things will be different. For Steven, a student, is one of the first people in the world to have genetic therapy -- the replacement of a faulty gene with an artificially created one that works -- to try to improve his impaired sight.
Steven suffers from a form of Retinitis Pigmentosa calle...See the full content of this document
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