Indian scientists have restored the sensitivity of the retina to light the dog with the help of virus

Gene therapy using viral helped restore the response to light the eyes of mice and dogs with retinal degeneration. Virus introducing ion channel gene in the cells of the retina, and then change shape when exposed to light the compound attached to ion channels, and those disclosed in response to light exposure.



Pigmetny retinitis, which affects people of all ages, leads to a gradual loss of vision. Vision is lost, since the periphery, whereby first lost peripheral vision. It is a hereditary disease. Method of dealing with it was offered Indian scholars, and it has been tested on dogs and mice in laboratories in Беркли. Retina of the dog is similar to humans, indicating that the theoretical possibility of restoring vision in humans using this method.

The therapy involves the introduction of a virus with a common ion channel in a "blind" retinal cells dying due to diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa. Chemical Humanity, which change shape when you hit the light interacts with an ion channel, resulting again have the opportunity to be disclosed in response to light.





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