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Swiss drug giant Roche reportedly readies to buy the biotech behind the first FDA-approved gene therapy, which just became the priciest medicine in the US
But developing the therapies and getting them to patients has proven a steep challenge. In addition…
Erin Brodwin
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9 tips to squash blind pimples - the sneaky zits that hide under your skin but never come to a head
Blind pimples, aka cystic acne, form deep under the skin. Retinol, antibiotics, and birth control c…
Katie Walsh,Sharleen St. Suri…
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Scientists partially restored a blind man's vision using gene therapy and goggles
The first successful trial of a new optogenetics treatment let one man see blurry objects through s…
Andrea Michelson
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Doctors use gene-editing to try and cure blindness for the very first time
It’s too early to determine whether the treatment is working or not. The doctors estimate that…
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These Nobel-winning drugs are poised to help wipe out 2 of the world's most horrific illnesses
Public health workers are working to eliminate the disease - or at least limit its spread - by givi…
Erin Brodwin
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A Michigan startup plans to give blind people a breakthrough form of gene therapy to restore their sight
However, since the channelrhodopsin protein can only respond to light of a single color (in this ca…
Tanya Lewis
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An ambitious group of scientists are trying to end blindness forever
For his part, Iezzi is in the initial stages of developing a surgical procedure he thinks could hel…
Ellie Kincaid
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Pharma giant Roche just bought biotech firm Spark, the maker of an $850,000 eye drug
Spark announced earlier this month that although it had shipped 75 vials of its new drug and genera…
Callum Burroughs
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A first-of-its-kind treatment for blindness just got one step closer to approval
In this Oct. 4, 2017 photo, Dr. Albert Maguire checks the eyes of Misa Kaabali, 8, at the Children'…
Lydia Ramsey
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The FDA just approved the first gene therapy for an inherited disease
"Today's approval marks another first in the field of gene therapy - both in how the therapy works …
Lydia Ramsey
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How to clean window blinds - a step-by-step guide and the best cleaning products to get the job done
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Mary Marlowe Leverette
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Scientists have developed a way to 3D-print corneas for human eyes
The researchers have made a gel, which can hold the stem cells while producing a cast that…
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Shingles in the eye is dangerous and can cause blindness — here's how to prevent it
You should be particularly concerned if a shingles rash appears on the tip of your nose, as this is…
Ashley Laderer
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Almost 40% of LGBTQ tech employees that participated in a survey said they've witnessed homophobic discrimination and harassment at work
Blind's survey provided a company-by-company breakdown of employees who feel their place of work is…
Paige Leskin
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Twitter staff tell colleagues who quit not to turn the situation into an 'us-vs-them Squid Game'
A Blind user wrote: "Lets keep this about the people, and not turn it into us-vs-them Squid game ty…
Sam Tabahriti
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A program to rescue 500,000 people from blindness could get a $100 million boost
Not all providers can be counted on to know how to perform the surgery, however, so HCP has develop…
Chris Weller
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Scientists who developed drugs to treat parasites that affect nearly 3.5 billion people just won a Nobel
River blindness (onchocerciasis), which afflicts at least 25 million people worldwide, causes chron…
Tanya Lewis
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Novartis just handed out a $8.7 billion endorsement for new therapies that are changing how we treat genetic diseases
Novartis isn't the only big pharma/biotech to be interested in gene and cell therapies. In January,…